دقیقه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

    Noun

    دقیقه • (dakika)

    1. minute (unit of time)

    Descendants

    • Turkish: dakika

    Persian

    Alternative forms

    • دقه (daqqa / daġġe) (colloquial)
    • دیقه (deyġe) (colloquial, Tehrani)

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

    Pronunciation

     
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? daqīqa
    Dari reading? daqīqa
    Iranian reading? daġiġe
    Tajik reading? daqiqa
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    Noun

    دقیقه • (daqīqa / daġiġe) (plural دقائق (daqā'iq / daġâ'eġ), or دقیقه‌ها (daqīqa-hā / daġiġe-hâ), Tajik spelling дақиқа)

    1. minute (unit of time)
    2. 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.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • دقیقی (daqīqī / daġiġi)

    Descendants