الزامی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْزَامِيّ (ʔilzāmiyy). By surface analysis, الزام (elzâm, “requirement”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔil.zɑː.ˈmiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.zɑː.míː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.zɑː.míː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.zɑː.míː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔil.zɔː.mí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel.zɒː.míː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil.zɔ.mí]

Readings
Classical reading?	ilzāmī
Dari reading?	ilzāmī
Iranian reading?	elzâmi
Tajik reading?	ilzomi

Adjective

الزامی • (elzâmi)

1. mandatory, compulsory, obligatory

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الزامی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim