فلسطین
See also: فلسطين
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- فلستین (felestin)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), itself from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).
Proper noun
فلسطین • (felestin)
- (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
Descendants
- Turkish: Filistin
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فلسطین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 909
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Palæstina”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 1234
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فلسطین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 3545
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلسطین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1395
Persian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /fa.las.ˈtiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.läs.t̪ʰíːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fe.les.t̪ʰíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fä.läs.t̪ʰín]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | falastīn |
| Dari reading? | falastīn |
| Iranian reading? | felestin |
| Tajik reading? | falastin |
Proper noun
فلسطین • (falastīn / felestin) (Tajik spelling Фаластин)
- (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
Related terms
- فلسطینی (falastīnī / felestini)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीन (filistīn)
- Urdu: فِلِسْطِین (filistīn)
Further reading
- فلسطین on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
Urdu
Picture dictionary
Picture dictionary
فلسطین
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), likely influenced by Classical Persian فلسطین (falastīn). Compare Punjabi فَلَسْطِین (falast̤īn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪ.lɪs.t̪iːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Hyphenation: فِ‧لِسْ‧طِین
Proper noun
فِلِسْطِین • (filistīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़िलिस्तीन)
- (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
See also
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) (Category: ur:Middle East)