آلوچه

Khalaj

Noun

آلوچه (âluça) (definite accusative آلوچه‌نؽ, plural آلوچه‌لار)

1. Arabic spelling of âluça (“plum”)

Declension

Declension of آلوچه

	singular	plural
nominative	آلوچه	آلوچه‌لار
genitive	آلوچه‌ݧ	آلوچه‌لارؽݧ
dative	آلوچه‌قا	آلوچه‌لارقا
definite accusative	آلوچه‌ݧ	آلوچه‌لارؽ
locative	آلوچه‌چا	آلوچه‌لارچا
ablative	آلوچه‌دا	آلوچه‌لاردا
instrumental	آلوچه‌لا	آلوچه‌لارلا
equative	آلوچه‌واره	آلوچه‌لارواره

Persian

Etymology

From آلو (âlu, “plum”) +‎ ـچه (-če, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.luː.ˈt͡ʃa/

 

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

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	ālūča
Dari reading?	ālūča
Iranian reading?	âluče
Tajik reading?	oluča

Noun

آلوچه • (ālūča / âluče) (Tajik spelling олуча)

1. damson, plum

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: alça
  • → Russian: алыча́ (alyčá)
    • → Estonian: alõtša
    • → Polish: ałycza
• → Chagatai: آلوچه (ʾʾlwčh /⁠ālūčä⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئالۇچا (alucha)
  • Uzbek: olcha
• → Georgian: ალუჩა (aluča)
• → Gujarati: આલુચા (ālucā)
• → Khalaj: âluça
• →? Middle Armenian: ալոճ (aloč), ալուճ (aluč), ալօճ (alōč)
  • Armenian: ալոճ (aloč), ալոջ (aloǰ), ալուճ (aluč)
• → Northern Kurdish: alûçe
• →? Ottoman Turkish: آلوج (aluç)
  • Turkish: alıç
• → Urdu: آلُوچَہ (ālūca)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آلوچه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آلوچه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.