تکلم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكَلُّم (takallum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.kal.ˈlum]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.kʰäl.lʊ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.kʰäl.lʊ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.kʰäl.lʊ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.kʰäl.lúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.kʰʲæl.lóm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.kʰäl.lúm]

Readings
Classical reading?	takallum
Dari reading?	takallum
Iranian reading?	takallom
Tajik reading?	takallum

Noun

تکلم • (takallom)

1. speaking, speech, conversation

Further reading

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