شمالی

See also: شمالي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy) or Persian شمالی.

Adjective

شمالی • (şimali)

1. northern

Descendants

• Turkish: şimali

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شمالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1135

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic شَمَال (šamāl)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy)bor.

Persian شمالی

Borrowed from Arabic شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy). by surface analysis, شمال (šamāl / šomâl, “north”) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, Adjective forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.ˈmaː.liː/, /ʃu.maː.ˈliː/, /ʃi.maː.ˈliː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔ́ː.li]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.mɒː.líː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.mɔ.lí]

• Rhymes: -aːliː, -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	šamālī, šumālī, šimālī
Dari reading?	šamālī
Iranian reading?	šomâli
Tajik reading?	šimoli

Adjective

شمالی • (šamālī / šomâli) (Tajik spelling шимолӣ)

1. northern, of or pertaining to the north

   کرهٔ شمالی ― kore-ye šomâli ― North Korea

   ایرلند شمالی ― irland-e šomâli ― Northern Ireland