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Persian
- خیابون (xiyâbun) (colloquial Tehrani)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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xiyāḇān
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| Dari reading?
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xiyābān
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| Iranian reading?
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xiyâbân
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| Tajik reading?
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xiyobon
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Noun
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خیابان
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| Iranian Persian
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хиёбон
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خیابان • (xiyâbân) (plural خیابانها (xiyâbân-hâ))
- road
- street
- avenue
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خیابان (xiyābān).
Pronunciation
Noun
خِیابان • (xiyābān) m (Hindi spelling ख़ियाबान)
- avenue, a broad road, a wide street
- (a path between) a parterre, flower garden.
- Synonyms: چَمَن (caman), گُلِسْتاں (gulistā̃), گُلِسْتان (gulistān)
Declension
| Declension of خیابان
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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خیابان (xiyābān)
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خیابان (xiyābān)
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| oblique
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خیابان (xiyābān)
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خیابانوں (xiyābānõ)
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| vocative
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خیابان (xiyābān)
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خیابانو (xiyābāno)
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Further reading
- “خیابان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خیابان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خيابان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خيابان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
