ایالت
See also: إيالة
Ottoman Turkish
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Ottoman Turkish ایالت
Borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).
Noun
ایالت • (eyâlet) (plural ایالات)
- a province, a principality
- eyalet (administrative division of the Ottoman Empire)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- ایالت آناطولی (eyalet-i anadolu)
Descendants
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایالت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 285
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیَالَت (iyālat), borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).
Noun
ایالت • (iyālát) m
Persian
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Persian ایالت
Borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔi.jaː.ˈlat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.jɑː.lát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.jɒː.lǽt̪]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [ejɒː.lǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.jɔ.lát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | iyālat |
| Dari reading? | iyālat |
| Iranian reading? | iyâlat |
| Tajik reading? | iyolat |
Noun
ایالت • (iyālat / iyâlat) (plural ایالات, Tajik spelling иёлат)
- province, state
- (historical) eyalet (a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire)
Derived terms
- ایالات متحده آمریکا (iyālāt-i muttahida-yi āmrīkā / iyâlât-e mottahede-ye âmrikâ, “United States of America”)
Descendants
Urdu
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Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیَالَت (iyālat), borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.jɑː.lət̪/
Noun
اِیالَت • (iyālat) f (Hindi spelling इयालत)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “ایالت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ايالت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “ایالت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.