آلودگی

Persian

Etymology

Compound of آلوده (âlude, “polluted”) +‎ گی (gi, nominalization suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.luː.ða.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.luː.d̪ä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.luː.d̪ä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.luː.d̪ä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.lu.d̪ä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.luː.d̪æ.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.lu.d̪ä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	ālūḏagī
Dari reading?	ālūdagī
Iranian reading?	âludagi
Tajik reading?	oludagi

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Noun

Dari	آلودگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	олудагӣ

آلودگی • (âludegi)

1. pollution
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 30:

     چون که مومن آینهی مومن بود
     روی او ز آلودگی ایمن بود

     čōn ki mu'min āyina-ē mu'min buwad
     rōy-i ō za ālūdagī īmin buwad

     Since the true believer is a mirror for the true believer,
     his face is safe from defilement.

2. contamination

Related terms

• آلودن (âludan)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آلودگی (ālūdagī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.luː.d̪ə.ɡiː/

Noun

آلُودَگی • (ālūdagī) f (Hindi spelling आलूदगी)

1. pollution
2. contamination