خلیج
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Azerbaijani
Noun
خلیج
- Arabic spelling of xəlic
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).
Noun
خلیج • (halîc)
Descendants
- Turkish: haliç
Proper noun
خلیج • (Halîc)
- the Golden Horn (a major urban waterway, the primary inlet of the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey)
Descendants
- Turkish: Haliç
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xalīj |
| Dari reading? | xalīj |
| Iranian reading? | xalij |
| Tajik reading? | xalij |
Noun
| Dari | خلیج |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | халиҷ |
خلیج • (xalij)
Derived terms
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).
Noun
خَلِیج • (xalīj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਲੀਜ)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خلِیج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.liːd͡ʒ/
Noun
خلیج • (xalīj) m (Hindi spelling ख़लीज) (plural خلج (xuluj))