Persian Gulf

English

Persian Gulf (dark blue)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɜːʒən ˈɡʌlf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝʒən ˈɡʌlf/

Proper noun

The Persian Gulf

1. The Persian Gulf, a gulf between Iran (“Persia”) and the Arabian Peninsula.

   Synonyms: (used in some Arab countries) Arabian Gulf, (Ottoman-era name) Gulf of Basra

   • 1994 [1990 November 29], Dan Quayle, Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir‎^[1], 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 253:

     Today, all the states of the Middle East face a major threat in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Saddam's ambitions are not confined to Kuwait. Rather, his goal is to dominate the Persian Gulf region and use its vast wealth to become the greatest Arab hero of modern times, the leader of a new Arab superpower.

Derived terms

• Persian Gulf oxide

Translations

gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula

• Adyghe: Перс Псыдахь (Pers Psədaḥ)
• Afrikaans: Persiese Golf
• Albanian: Gjiri Persik
• Amharic: የፋርስ ባህረስላጤ (yäfars bahräslaṭe)
• Arabic: الْخَلِيج الْعَرَبِيّ m (al-ḵalīj al-ʕarabiyy), الْخَلِيج الْفَارِسِيّ m (al-ḵalīj al-fārisiyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: الخليج العربي m (al-ḵalīj al-ʕarabi)

• Aramaic: ܒܪܩܩܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ
• Armenian: Պարսից ծոց (Parsicʿ cocʿ)
• Asturian: golfu Pérsicu m
• Azerbaijani: Fars körfəzi (az), İran körfəzi
• Bashkir: Фарсы ҡултығы (Farsı qultığı)
• Basque: Persiar golkoa
• Belarusian: Персі́дскі залі́ў m (Pjersídski zalíŭ)
• Bengali: পারস্য উপসাগর (parosśo upośagor)
• Bikol Central: Golpo Persiko
• Breton: Pleg-mor Persia m
• Bulgarian: Перси́йски зали́в m (Persíjski zalív)
• Burmese: ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့ (pahranpanglai-kwe.)
• Catalan: golf Pèrsic m
• Chechen: Гӏажарийн айма (Ğažariı̇n ajma)
• Chinese:

  Hakka: Pô-sṳ̂-vân

  Mandarin: 波斯灣／波斯湾 (zh) (Bōsī wān)

• Chuvash: Перс кӳлмекӗ (Pers külmek̬ĕ)
• Crimean Tatar: Basra körfezi
• Czech: Perský záliv (cs) m
• Danish: Persiske Bugt
• Dutch: Perzische Golf
• Esperanto: Persa Golfo
• Estonian: Pärsia laht
• Faroese: Persaflógva
• Finnish: Persianlahti (fi)
• French: golfe Persique (fr) m
• Galician: Golfo Pérsico m
• Georgian: სპარსეთის ყურე (sṗarsetis q̇ure)
• German: Persischer Golf (de) m
• Greek: Περσικός Κόλπος m (Persikós Kólpos)
• Gujarati: ફારસની ખાડી (phārasnī khāḍī)
• Hebrew: המפרץ הפרסי m (ha-mifráts ha-pársi)
• Hindi: फ़ारस की खाड़ी f (fāras kī khāṛī), खाड़ी (hi) m (khāṛī)
• Hungarian: Perzsa-öböl (hu)
• Icelandic: Persaflói
• Ido: Persiana gulfo
• Ilocano: Golpo Persiano
• Indonesian: Teluk Persia
• Irish: Murascaill na Peirse f
• Italian: Golfo Persico m
• Japanese: ペルシア湾 (ペルシアわん, Perushia wan), ペルシャ湾 (ペルシャわん, Perusha wan)
• Javanese: Lempongan Pèrsi
• Kabyle: Abagu Afarsi
• Kannada: ಪರ್ಶಿಯನ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ (parśiyan kolli)
• Kazakh: Парсы шығанағы (Parsy şyğanağy)
• Khmer: ឈូងសមុទ្រពែក្ (chhungsâmŭtrôpêk), ឈូងសមុទ្រពែរ្ស (chhungsâmŭtrôpêrs)
• Korean: 페르시아 만 (Pereusia man)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەنداوی فارس (kendawî fars)

  Northern Kurdish: Kendava Farsî

• Kyrgyz: Перс булуңу (Pers buluŋu), Парс булуңу (Pars buluŋu)
• Lao: ອ່າວເປີເຊຍ (lo) (ʼāo pœ̄ sīa)
• Latin: Sinus Persicus m
• Latvian: Persijas līcis m
• Limburgish: Perzische Golf
• Lithuanian: Persijos įlanka f
• Luxembourgish: Persesche Golf m
• Macedonian: Пе́рсиски За́лив m (Pérsiski Záliv)
• Malagasy: Hoala Persika
• Malay: Teluk Parsi
• Malayalam: പേർഷ്യൻ ഗൾഫ് (pēṟṣyaṉ gaḷphŭ)
• Maltese: Golf Persjan m
• Marathi: इराणचे आखात (irāṇce ākhāt), पर्शियन आखात (parśiyan ākhāt)
• Mazanderani: فارس دریامونا (fârs daryâmunâ)
• Minangkabau: Taluak Persia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Персийн булан (Persiin bulan)

• Nepali: फारसको खाडी (phārasko khāḍī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Persiabukten

  Nynorsk: Persiabukta

• Occitan: Golf Persic m
• Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎹 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿𐎠 (d-r-y p-a-r-s-a /⁠draya Pārsā⁠/)
• Ossetian: Персы бакӕлӕн (Persy bakælæn)
• Pashto: فارس خلیج
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: خَلیجِ فارْس (fa) (xalij-e fârs), شاخابِ پارْس (fa) (šâxâb-e pârs), دَرْیایِ پارْس (daryâ-ye pârs)

• Polish: Zatoka Perska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Golfo Persa m, Golfo Pérsico m
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ (fāras dī khāṛī)
• Romanian: Golful Persic n
• Russian: Перси́дский зали́в (ru) m (Persídskij zalív)
• Scottish Gaelic: Camas Pearsach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Персијски залив m, Перзијски залив m, Перзијски заљев m (Croatian)

  Roman: Persijski zaliv m, Perzijski zaliv m, Perzijski zaljev m (Croatian)

• Sicilian: Gulfu Pèrsicu m
• Slovak: Perzský záliv m
• Slovene: Perzijski zaliv (sl) m
• Somali: Gacanka Faarsiga
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Persiski zalew m

  Upper Sorbian: Persiski zaliw m

• Spanish: golfo Pérsico (es) m
• Sundanese: Teluk Pérsia
• Swahili: Ghuba ya Uajemi
• Swedish: Persiska viken
• Tagalog: Golpong Persiko
• Tajik: Халиҷи Форс (tg) (Xaliji Fors)
• Tamil: பாரசீக வளைகுடா (pāracīka vaḷaikuṭā)
• Tatar: Фарсы култыгы (Farsı qultığı)
• Telugu: పర్షియన్ గల్ఫ్ (parṣiyan galph)
• Thai: อ่าวเปอร์เซีย (àao-bpəə-siia)
• Turkish: Basra Körfezi (tr)
• Turkmen: Pars aýlagy
• Tyap: A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Parsi
• Ukrainian: Пе́рська зато́ка f (Pérsʹka zatóka)
• Urdu: خَلِیجِ فارِس m (xalīj-i fāris)
• Uyghur: پارس قولتۇقى (pars qoltuqi)
• Uzbek: Fors koʻrfazi
• Vietnamese: Vịnh Ba Tư, Vịnh Ả Rập, Vịnh Péc-xích
• Welsh: Gwlff Persia m
• West Frisian: Perzyske Golf

See also

• Persian Gulf naming dispute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia