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Brahui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate with Tamil அல்லு (allu, “to knit”).
Noun
[edit]اَلِّی (allī)
References
[edit]- Bray, Denys (1934) “allī”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “260”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔi.ˈlɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe.lɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.lɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ilā |
Dari reading? | ilā |
Iranian reading? | elâ |
Tajik reading? | ilo |
Preposition
[edit]الی • (elâ)
- (especially of numbers) to, up to
- Synonym: (more common) تا (tâ)
- 2018 August 8, “تیمبوکتو، شهر تاریخی در مسیر صحرای آفریقا [Timbuktu, historical city on Africa's Sahara paths]”, in donya-e-eqtesad.com[2], Donya-e-Eqtesad:
- به دلیل آب و هوای گرم و خشک این شهر و شرایط سخت زیستمحیطی، گردشگری را به سه الی چهار ماه در سال که هوای بهتری وجود دارد، محدود کرده است.
- be dalil-e âb o havâ-ye garm o xošk-e in šahr va šarâyet-e saxt-e zist-mohiti, gardešgari râ be se elâ čahâr mâh dar sâl ke havâ-ye behtari vojud dârad, mahdud karde ast.
- Due to this city's hot, arid climate and difficult environmental conditions, it has limited tourism to the three to four months in the year when there is better weather.
Further reading
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim