متوالی
See also: متوالي
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin), from تَوَالَى (tawālā).
Adjective
متوالی • (mütevâlî)
- that follow one another
- consecutive, successive
Descendants
- Turkish: mütevali
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “متوالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1734
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin), from تَوَالَى (tawālā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.ta.waː.ˈliː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wɑː.líː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.vɒː.líː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.vɔ.lí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mutawālī |
| Dari reading? | mutawālī |
| Iranian reading? | motavâli |
| Tajik reading? | mutavoli |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Adjective
متوالی • (mutawālī / motavâli) (Tajik spelling мутаволӣ)
- continued, successive, consecutive, following one after another
- Synonym: پیاپی (peyâpey)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi:
- Urdu: مُتَوَالِی (mutavālī)
- → Uzbek: mutavoli
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “متوالی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “متوالی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Arabic تَوَالَى (tawālā)
Urdu متوالی (mtvālī)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مُتَوَالِی (mutawālī), borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin), from تَوَالَى (tawālā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.t̪ə.ʋɑː.liː/
Adjective
مُتَوَالِی • (mutavālī) (Hindi spelling मुतवाली)
- following one after the other, successive, continued, consecutive, uninterrupted
Further reading
- “متوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “متوالی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.