پایتخت

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پایتخت (pâytaxt).

Noun

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پایتخت (payitaht)

  1. capital, capital city

Descendants

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  • Crimean Tatar: paytaht
  • Turkish: payitaht
  • Armenian: փայիթախտ (pʻayitʻaxt)

Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From پای (pây, foot) +‎ تخت (taxt, throne). Eclipsed Arabic derivative دارالسَلطَنه (dar-os-saltane) and دارالخِلافه (dâr-ol-xelâfe).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pāytaxt
Dari reading? pāytaxt
Iranian reading? pâytaxt
Tajik reading? poytaxt

Noun

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Dari پایتخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik пойтахт

پایْتَخْت (pâytaxt) (plural پایتخت‌ها (pâytaxt-hâ))

  1. capital, capital city
    تهران پایتخت ایران است. (more literary)tehrân pâytaxt-e irân ast.Tehran is the capital of Iran.
    تهرون پایتخت ایرونه. (more colloquial)tehrun pâytaxt-e irun-e.Tehran is the capital of Iran.

Descendants

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Further reading

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