ایالت

See also: إيالة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

    Noun

    ایالت • (eyâlet) (plural ایالات)

    1. a province, a principality
      1. eyalet (administrative division of the Ottoman Empire)

    Declension

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Turkish: eyalet
    • English: eyalet
    • French: eyalet
    • German: Ejalet
    • Portuguese: eialete
    • Russian: эялет (ejalet)
    • Spanish: eyalato

    Further reading

    Pashto

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیَالَت (iyālat), borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

      Noun

      ایالت • (iyālátm

      1. district, province, state

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

        Pronunciation

         
         

        Readings
        Classical reading? iyālat
        Dari reading? iyālat
        Iranian reading? iyâlat
        Tajik reading? iyolat

        Noun

        ایالت • (iyālat / iyâlat) (plural ایالات, Tajik spelling иёлат)

        1. province, state
          1. (historical) eyalet (a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire)

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        Urdu

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیَالَت (iyālat), borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          اِیالَت • (iyālatf (Hindi spelling इयालत)

          1. government, state
          2. rule, dominion

          Synonyms

          Further reading

          • ایالت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
          • Platts, John T. (1884) “ايالت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
          • ایالت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.