قیمت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيمَة (qīma).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qiː.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qiː.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qiː.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qiː.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qi.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qi.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	qīmat
Dari reading?	qīmat
Iranian reading?	ğeymat
Tajik reading?	qimat

Noun

Dari	قیمت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қимат

قیمت • (qeymat) (plural قیمت‌ها (qeymat-hâ))

1. price

   Synonyms: (less common) بها (bahâ), (less common, standard in Tajik) نرخ (nerx)

   قِیْمَتِ دُلار ― ğeymat-e dolâr ― price of the dollar

   قِیْمَتِ مَسْکَن دَر تِهْران ― ğeymat-e maskan dar tehrân ― housing prices in Tehran

   • late 1100s, Khāqānī, “Ghazal 55”, in دیوان خاقانی‎^[1]:

     بی‌دلی را که دمی با تو مهیا گردد
     قیمت هر دو جهان نیمهٔ آن یک‌دم نیست

     bē dilī rā ki damē bā tu muhayya gardad
     qīmat-i har du jahān nīma-yi ān yak dam nēst

     For the lovesick one who spends a single moment with you,
     The price of both worlds [this world and the afterlife] is not [worth] half that moment.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• قیمتی (qimati, “costly, valuable”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qiymət
• → Bashkir: ҡиммәт (qimmət), ҡыйбат (qıybat)
• → Gujarati: કિંમત (kimmat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ीमत (qīmat)

  Urdu: قِیمَت (qīmat)

• → Kazakh: қымбат (qymbat)
• → Marathi: किंमत (kimmat)
• → Middle Armenian: ղիմաթ (ġimatʻ)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੀਮਤ (qīmat)
  • Shahmukhi script: قِیمَت (qīmat)
• → Rohingya: kimot
• → Uyghur: قىممەت (qimmet)
• → Uzbek: qimmat

Adjective

قیمت • (qimat)

1. (Dari) expensive

See also

• هزینه (hazine, “cost”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قِیمَت (qīmat), from Arabic قِيمَة (qīma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qiː.mət̪/

Noun

قِیمَت • (qīmat) f (Hindi spelling क़ीमत)

1. price
2. value
3. worth

Related terms

• قِیمَتی (qīmatī)