اقلیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.liːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.liːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.liːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.liːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.lim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʁ.liːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.lim]

Readings
Classical reading?	iqlīm
Dari reading?	iqlīm
Iranian reading?	eğlim
Tajik reading?	iqlim

Noun

Dari	اقلیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иқлим

اِقْلِیم • (iqlīm)

1. climate

Derived terms

• هَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, “the seven-realms”)

Descendants

• → Urdu: اِقْلِیم (iqlīm)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِقْلِیم (iqlīm), from Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪq.liːm/

Noun

اِقْلِیم • (iqlīm) f (Hindi spelling इक़्लीम)

1. continent
2. realm, region; clime
3. (archaic) country, dominion
4. a part of the body

Derived terms

• ہَفْت اِقْلِیم (haft iqlīm, “the seven-realms”)

See also

• کِشْوَر (kiśvar)

References

• “اقلیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اقلیم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “اقلیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “اقلیم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اقلیم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.