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Brahui
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil அல்லு (allu, “to knit”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
اَلِّی (allī)
- needlework pattern
References
- Bray, Denys (1934) “allī”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “260”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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ilā
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| Dari reading?
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ilā
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| Iranian reading?
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elâ
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| Tajik reading?
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ilo
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Preposition
الی • (elâ)
- (especially of numbers) to, up to
- Synonym: (more common) تا (tâ)
2018 August 8, “تیمبوکتو، شهر تاریخی در مسیر صحرای آفریقا [Timbuktu, historical city on Africa's Sahara paths]”, in donya-e-eqtesad.com, Donya-e-Eqtesad:به دلیل آب و هوای گرم و خشک این شهر و شرایط سخت زیست‌محیطی، گردشگری را به سه الی چهار ماه در سال که هوای بهتری وجود دارد، محدود کرده است.- be dalil-e âb o havâ-ye garm o xošk-e in šahr va šarâyet-e saxt-e zist-mohiti, gardešgari râ be se elâ čahâr mâh dar sâl ke havâ-ye behtari vojud dârad, mahdud karde ast.
- Due to this city's hot, arid climate and difficult environmental conditions, it has limited tourism to the three to four months in the year when there is better weather.
2022 September 3, “رونق گردشگری در هرات؛ فرهنگیان نگران وضعیت بناهای تاریخی هستند”, in www.etilaatroz.com:به‌گفته این اداره، هر ماه دو هزار و ۵۰۰ الی سه هزار نفر از اماکن تاریخی و جاذبه‌های گردشگری این ولایت بازدید می‌کنند.- ba gufta-yi īn idāra, har māh dū hazār u 500 ilā sih hazār nafar az amākin-i tārīxī u jāziba-hā-yi gardišgarī-yi īn wilāyat bāzdīd mē-kunand.
- According to this office, 2,500 to 3,000 tourists visited the historical places and tourist sites in this province every month.
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim