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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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andalus
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| Dari reading?
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andalus
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| Iranian reading?
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andalos
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| Tajik reading?
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andalus
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Proper noun
اندلس • (andalos)
- Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)
- (historical) al-Andalus, Islamic Iberia
c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 529”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]:آن کس که در مغرب بود یابد خورش از اندلس
وان کس که در مشرق بود او نعمت هرمز خورد- ān kas ki dar mağrib buwad yābad xwariš az andalus
w-ān kas ki dar mašriq buwad ō ni'mat-i hurmuz xwarad - He who is in the West finds sustenance from al-Andalus,
And he who is in the East eats from the bounties of Hormuz.
Further reading
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اندلس (ondolus), from Arabic الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اُنْدُلُس • (undulus) m (Hindi spelling अुंदुलुस)
- (historical) al-Andalus, Iberian Peninsula
References
- “اندلس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.