قیروان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn'.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaj.ra.ˈwaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.ɾä.wɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.ɾä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäj.ɾä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäj.ɾä.wɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.ɹæ.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.ɾä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	qayrawān
Dari reading?	qayrawān
Iranian reading?	ġeyravân
Tajik reading?	qayravon

Noun

Dari	قیروان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қайравон

قیروان • (qeyravân)

1. caravan

Proper noun

Dari	قیروان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қайравон

قیروان • (qeyravân)

1. Kairouan (a city in Tunisia)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “قیروان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn'.

Proper noun

قَیرَوان • (transliteration needed) ?

1. Kairouan (a city in Tunisia)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn'.

Proper noun

قَیرَوان • (qairavān) ? (Hindi spelling क़ैरवान)

1. Kairouan (a city in Tunisia)