خلیج

See also: خليج

Azerbaijani

Noun

خلیج

1. Arabic spelling of xəlic

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Noun

خلیج • (halîc)

1. gulf

   Synonym: كورفز (körfez)

Descendants

• Turkish: haliç

Proper noun

خلیج • (Halîc)

1. the Golden Horn (a major urban waterway, the primary inlet of the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Haliç

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xa.ˈliːd͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.líːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.líːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.líːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.líd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.líːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.líd͡ʒ]

• Rhymes: -iːd͡ʒ

Readings
Classical reading?	xalīj
Dari reading?	xalīj
Iranian reading?	xalij
Tajik reading?	xalij

Noun

Dari	خلیج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	халиҷ

خلیج • (xalīj / xalij) (Tajik spelling халиҷ)

1. (geography) gulf, bay

   Synonym: شاخابه (šâxâbe)

2. (geography) sound, strait

   Synonym: بغاز (boġâz)

Derived terms

• خلیج فارس (xalij-e fârs)
• خلیجی (xaliji)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Noun

خَلِیج • (xalīj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਲੀਜ)

1. gulf

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “خلِیج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.liːd͡ʒ/

Noun

خَلِیج • (xalīj) m (formal plural خُلُج (xuluj), Hindi spelling ख़लीज)

1. gulf, bay

   Synonym: کھاڑی (khāṛī)

   خلیجِ بنگال ― xalīj-e baṅgāl ― Bay of Bengal

   خلیجِ فارس ― xalīj-e fāris ― Persian Gulf