دقیقه

See also: دقيقة, دقيقه, and دقیقہ

Ottoman Turkish

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Arabic دَقِيق (daqīq)

Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)bor.

Ottoman Turkish دقیقه

Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

Noun

دقیقه • (dakika)

1. minute (unit of time)

Descendants

• Turkish: dakika

Persian

Alternative forms

• دقه (daqqa / daġġe) (colloquial)
• دیقه (deyġe) (colloquial, Tehrani)

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Arabic دَقِيق (daqīq)

Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)bor.

Persian دقیقه

Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.qiː.ˈqa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.qiː.qá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.qiː.qá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äq.qá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.qi.qá]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ʁiː.ʁé]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ʁiː.ʁé]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d̪ej.ɢé], [d̪æʁ.ɢé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.qi.qá]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	daqīqa
Dari reading?	daqīqa
Iranian reading?	daġiġe
Tajik reading?	daqiqa

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Noun

دقیقه • (daqīqa / daġiġe) (plural دقائق (daqā'iq / daġâ'eġ), or دقیقه‌ها (daqīqa-hā / daġiġe-hâ), Tajik spelling дақиқа)

1. minute (unit of time)
2. minute point, tiny point
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 35”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     میان او که خدا آفریده است از هیچ
     دقیقه‌ایست که هیچ آفریده نگشادست

     miyān-i ō ki xudā āfarīda ast az hēč
     daqīqa'ē-st ki hēč āfarīda na-gšāda-st

     Her waist, which God created out of nothing,
     Is a tiny point which no created being has opened.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Related terms

• دقیقی (daqīqī / daġiġi)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: دقیقه (däqıqä)
  • Uyghur: دەقىقە (deqiqe)
  • Uzbek: daqiqa
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दक़ीक़ा (daqīqā)

  Urdu: دَقِیقَہ (daqīqa)

• → Pashto: دقيقه (daqiqa)