بلخ
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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
بَلْخ • (balḵ) f
- Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan)
- Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ))
Declension
Declension of noun بَلْخ (balḵ)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | بَلْخ balḵ |
— |
| Nominative | — | بَلْخُ balḵu |
— |
| Accusative | — | بَلْخَ balḵa |
— |
| Genitive | — | بَلْخَ balḵa |
— |
Derived terms
- بَلْخِيّ (balḵiyy, “Balkhi”)
- قَرْحَة بَلْخِيَّة (qarḥa(t) balḵiyya), حَبَّة بَلْخِيَّة (ḥabba(t) balḵiyya), بَلْخِيَّة (balḵiyya, “cutaneous leishmaniasis”)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (Balx), transposed from (bʾhl /Baxl/), apparently the Sogdian form 𐫁𐫆𐫓 (bẖl /Baxl/, “Bactria”) of Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /Bāxtriš/, “Bactria”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | balx |
| Dari reading? | balx |
| Iranian reading? | balx |
| Tajik reading? | balx |
Proper noun
| Dari | بلخ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Балх |
بلخ • (balx)
- Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)
- Balkh (a province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city)
- ولایت بلخ ― velâyat-e balx ― the province of Balkh, Balkh Province
Derived terms
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 31 Nr. 37