منطقه

See also: منطقة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /min.ta.ˈqa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰä.qä], [män̪.t̪ʰɪ.qä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰä.qä], [män̪.t̪ʰɪ.qä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män̪.t̪ʰä.qä], [män̪.t̪ʰi.qä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn̪.t̪ʰæ.ʁe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [min̪.t̪ʰä.qä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mintaqa
Dari reading^?	mantaqa, mantiqa
Iranian reading^?	mantaġe
Tajik reading^?	mintaqa

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	منطقه
Dari	منطقه
Tajik	минтақа

منطقه • (mantaqe) (plural مناطق (manâteq), or منطقه‌ها (mantaqe-hâ))

zone, area, region
Synonym: ناحیه (nâhiye)

― mantaqe-ye jangi ― war zone

― mantaqe-ye kalân-šahri ― metropolitan area

― mantaqe-ye nofuz-e âmrikâ ― American sphere of influence

― mantaqe-ye yurow ― the Eurozone

Further reading

منطقه on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa