اورشلیم
See also: أورشليم
Persian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أُورُشَلِيم (ʔūrušalīm), or Middle Persian ʾwlyšlym (Urišlīm), from Aramaic אורשלם / ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (ʾŪrišlēm).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔuː.ru.ˈʃa.liːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuː.ɾʊ.ʃá.liːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔoɹ.ʃæ.líːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuɾ.ʃä.lím]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ūrušalīm |
| Dari reading? | ūrušalīm |
| Iranian reading? | oršalim |
| Tajik reading? | uršalim |
Proper noun
اورشلیم • (ūrušalīm / oršalim) (Tajik spelling Уршалим)
- Jerusalem (a city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine)
- Synonym: بیتالمقدس (baytu-l-muqaddas / beyto-l-moġaddas)
Usage notes
- بیتالمقدس (baytu-l-muqaddas / beyto-l-moġaddas) tends to be more often used by the government and islamists while اورشلیم is more natural among people.
Derived terms
- اورشلیمی (ūrušalīmī / oršalimi)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Urišlīm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 84