فاکولته

See also: fakülte

Azerbaijani

Noun

فاکۆلته (fakültə) (definite accusative فاکولته‌نی (fakültəni), plural فاکولته‌لر (fakültələr))

  1. Arabic spelling of fakültə

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French faculté. While associated with Dari, the term was likely borrowed via Iranian Persian based on the reinterpretation of a final /e/ as a short /a/.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.kʰoːl̪.t̪ʰä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑː.kʰoːl̪.t̪ʰä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔː.kʰʊːl̪.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Dari reading? fākōlta

Noun

Dari فاکولته
Iranian Persian دانشکده
Tajik факултет, фокулта

فاکولته • (fākōlta) (chiefly Dari)

  1. faculty, staff (of a university or college)
  2. college, university
    Synonyms: (in Dari) پوهنتون (pōhantūn), دانشگاه (dānišgāh)

Further reading

  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “فاکولته”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 267