اقلیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? iqlīm
Dari reading? iqlīm
Iranian reading? eġlim
Tajik reading? iqlim

Noun

Dari اقلیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik иқлим

اِقْلِیم • (iqlīm)

  1. climate

Derived terms

  • هَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, the seven-realms)

Descendants

  • Urdu: اِقْلِیم (iqlīm)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِقْلِیم (iqlīm), from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِقْلِیم • (iqlīmf (Hindi spelling इक़्लीम)

  1. continent
  2. realm, region; clime
  3. (archaic) country, dominion
  4. a part of the body

Derived terms

  • ہَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, the seven-realms)

See also

References

  • اقلیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اقلیم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • اقلیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “اقلیم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اقلیم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.