ادبیات

See also: أدبيات

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَبِيَّات (ʔadabiyyāt). By surface analysis, ادب (edeb) +‎ ـیات (iyyât).

Noun

ادبیات • (edebiyyât)

1. literature
2. literary fiction

Related terms

• ادبی (edebî)

Descendants

• Turkish: edebiyat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَبِيَّات (ʔadabiyyāt). By surface analysis, ادب (adab) +‎ ـیات (-iyyât).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.da.bij.ˈjaːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.bi.jɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.bi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.bi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.bi.jɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪æ.bi.jɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.bi.jɔ́t̪]

• Rhymes: -aːt

Readings
Classical reading?	adabiyyāt
Dari reading?	adabiyāt
Iranian reading?	adabiyât
Tajik reading?	adabiyot

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Noun

ادبیات • (adabiyyāt / adabiyât) (Tajik spelling адабиёт)

1. literature
2. rhetoric, discourse

   ادبیات سیاسی ― adabiyât-e siyâsi ― political rhetoric

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ء د ب (0 c, 6 e)

Descendants

• Kazakh: әдебиет (ädebiet)
• Urdu: ادبیات (adabiyāt, adabiyyāt)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَدَبِیَّات (adabiyyāt), from Arabic أَدَبِيَّات (ʔadabiyyāt). By surface analysis, اَدَب (adab) +‎ ـیات (iyyāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ə.bɪ.jɑːt̪/, /ə.d̪ə.bɪj.jɑːt̪/

Noun

اَدَبِیات or اَدَبِیَّات • (adabiyāt or adabiyyāt) m (Hindi spelling अदबिय्यात)

1. literature

Uzbek

Noun

اَدَبِیَات (adabiyot) (plural ادبیاتلر)

1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of adabiyot