دلفین

See also: دلفين

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), δελφίν (delphín).

Noun

دلفین • (delfin)

1. dolphin

Descendants

• Turkish: delfin

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دلفین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 579

Persian

دلفین

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُلْفِين (dulfīn), from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dul.ˈfiːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊl.fíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊl.fíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊl.fíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ul.fín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ol.fíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ul.fín]

• Rhymes: -iːn

Readings
Classical reading?	dulfīn
Dari reading?	dulfīn
Iranian reading?	dolfin
Tajik reading?	dulfin

• (Indo-Persian) IPA^(key): /dal.ˈfiːn/

Noun

دلفین • (dulfīn / dolfin) (plural دلفین‌ها (dulfīn-hā / dolfin-hâ), Tajik spelling дулфин)

1. dolphin

   Synonyms: (dialectal) کراره (karāra / karâre), (dialectal) پیسو (pīsū / pisu)

   • c. 1620, Mīr Dāmād, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان اشراق‎^[2]:

     در موج بحر خشم تو دلفین همی غریق
     وز یاد هیبت تو همی اصفر آفتاب

     dar mawj-i bahr-i xišm-i tu dulfīn hamē ġarīq
     w-az yād-i haybat-i tu hamē asfar āftāb

     In the wave of the sea of your wrath, the dolphin is always submerged;
     And by remembering your dreadfulness, the sun is always yellow [as if with fear].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• دلفین سیاه (dulfīn-i siyāh / dolfin-e siyâh)
• دلفین پوزه‌بطری (dulfīn-i pōza-batrī / dolfin-e puze-batri)