دقیقه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).
Noun
دقیقه • (dakika)
- minute (unit of time)
Descendants
- Turkish: dakika
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /da.qiː.ˈqa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.qiː.qá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.ʁiː.ʁé]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [d̪ej.ɢé], [d̪æʁ.ɢé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.qi.qá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | daqīqa |
| Dari reading? | daqīqa |
| Iranian reading? | daġiġe |
| Tajik reading? | daqiqa |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
دقیقه • (daqīqa / daġiġe) (plural دقائق (daqā'iq / daġâ'eġ), or دقیقهها (daqīqa-hā / daġiġe-hâ), Tajik spelling дақиқа)
- minute (unit of time)
- minute point, tiny point
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 35”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- میان او که خدا آفریده است از هیچ
دقیقهایست که هیچ آفریده نگشادست- miyān-i ō ki xudā āfarīda ast az hēč
daqīqa'ē-st ki hēč āfarīda na-gšāda-st - Her waist, which God created out of nothing,
Is a tiny point which no created being has opened.
- miyān-i ō ki xudā āfarīda ast az hēč
Related terms
- دقیقی (daqīqī / daġiġi)