پایتخت

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پایتخت (pâytaxt).

Noun

پایتخت (payitaht)

  1. capital, capital city

Descendants

  • Crimean Tatar: paytaht
  • Turkish: payitaht
  • Armenian: փայիթախտ (pʻayitʻaxt)

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From پای (pây, foot) +‎ تخت (taxt, throne). Eclipsed Arabic derivative دارالسَلطَنه (dar-os-saltane) and دارالخِلافه (dâr-ol-xelâfe).

نمونه از عمارت‌های پای‌تخت جمهوریت رنجبران تاجیکستانnemune az emârat-hâ-ye pâytaxt-e jomhuriyyat-e ranjbarân-e tâjikestânAn example of the buildings in the capital of the Tajik SSR.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pāytaxt
Dari reading? pāytaxt
Iranian reading? pâytaxt
Tajik reading? poytaxt

Noun

Dari پایتخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik пойтахт

پایْتَخْت (pâytaxt) (plural پایتخت‌ها (pâytaxt-hâ))

  1. capital, capital city
    تهران پایتخت ایران است. (more literary)tehrân pâytaxt-e irân ast.Tehran is the capital of Iran.
    تهرون پایتخت ایرونه. (more colloquial)tehrun pâytaxt-e irun-e.Tehran is the capital of Iran.

Descendants

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