بالکل

See also: بالكل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِٱلْكُلّ (bi-l-kull)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bil.kull]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪl.kʰʊll]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪl.kʰʊll]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪl.kʰʊll]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bil.kʰull̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bel.kʰoll̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bil.kʰull]

Readings
Classical reading?	bi-l-kull
Dari reading?	bi-l-kull
Iranian reading?	be-l-koll
Tajik reading?	bi-l-kull

Noun

بالکل • (be-l-koll)

1. totally, entirely, wholly

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بالكل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِالْکُلّ (bi-l-kull), from Arabic بِٱلْكُلّ (bi-l-kull).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪl.kʊl/
• Rhymes: -ʊl
• Hyphenation: بِل‧کُل

Adverb

بِالْکُل • (bilkul) (Hindi spelling बिल्कुल)

1. absolutely (quite, wholly, at all, clearly)

   یہ بِالْکُل صَحِیح ہَے۔ ― ye bilkul sahīh hai. ― This is absolutely correct.

   یِہ تو بِالْکُل اَچّھا نَہِیں ہَے۔ ― ye to bilkul acchā nahī̃ hai. ― This isn't good at all.

Descendants

• → Kalasha: بیِلکوُل (bílkul)

References

• “بالکل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.