اقلیم
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔiq.ˈliːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪq.líːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeʁ.líːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiq.lím]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | iqlīm |
| Dari reading? | iqlīm |
| Iranian reading? | eġlim |
| Tajik reading? | iqlim |
Noun
اِقْلِیم • (iqlīm / eġlim) (Tajik spelling иқлим)
Derived terms
- هَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, “the seven-realms”)
Descendants
- → Urdu: اِقْلِیم (iqlīm)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِقْلِیم (iqlīm), from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪq.liːm/
Noun
اِقْلِیم • (iqlīm) f (Hindi spelling इक़्लीम)
Derived terms
- ہَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, “the seven-realms”)
See also
- کِشْوَر (kiśvar)
References
- “اقلیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اقلیم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “اقلیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اقلیم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “اقلیم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.