علاقه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.laː.ˈqa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.qá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.qá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.qá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔː.qá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.lɒː.ʁé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔ.qá]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	'alāqa
Dari reading?	alāqa
Iranian reading?	'alâġe
Tajik reading?	'aloqa

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	عَلاقَه
Iranian Persian	عَلاقِه
Tajik	алоқа

علاقه • (alāqa / alâġe) (plural علاقات, Tajik spelling алоқа)

1. interest

   مَن بِه تاریخِ چین عَلاقِه دارَم.

   man be târix-e čin alâġe dâram.

   I am interested in Chinese history.

2. attachment, affection

   عَلی بِه پَرْوین عَلاقِه دارَد. ― ali be parvin alâġe dârad. ― Ali loves Parvin.

3. relationship, tie
4. province, district

Derived terms

• علاقه داشتن (alâqe dâštan, “to be interested in”)
• علاقه‌مند (alâqe-mand)
• مورد علاقه (mowred-e alâqe)

Descendants

• → Bengali: এলাকা (elaka)
• → Chagatai: علاقه (ʿlʾqh)
  • Uyghur: ئالاقە (alaqe)
  • Uzbek: aloqa
• → Gujarati: ઇલાકો (ilāko)
• → Middle Hindi: علاقہ ('laqh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: इलाक़ा (ilāqā)

    Urdu: عِلاقَہ ('ilāqa)

  • → Palula: (“area”)

    Arabic script: علاقہ

    Latin script: alaaqá

• → Pashto: علاقه
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਲਾਕ਼ਾ (alāqā), ਇਲਾਕ਼ਾ (ilāqā)

  Shahmukhi script: عَلاقَہ (ʻalāqah)

• → Sindhi: ilāiqo

  Arabic script: عِلائِقو (ʻilāiqo)

  Devanagari script: इलाइक़ो

  Khudabadi script: 𑊲𑋚𑋠𑊲𑊺𑋩𑋧

• → Telugu: ఇలాకా (ilākā)
• → Turkmen: alaka