ملاقات

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُلَاقَاة (mulāqāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.laː.ˈqaːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.lɑː.qɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.lɑː.qɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.lɑː.qɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.lɔː.qɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.lɒː.ʁɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.lɔ.qɔ́t̪]

• Rhymes: -aːt

Readings
Classical reading?	mulāqāt
Dari reading?	mulāqāt
Iranian reading?	molâġât
Tajik reading?	muloqot

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	ملاقات
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мулоқот

ملاقات • (mulāqāt / molâġât) (plural ملاقات‌ها (mulāqāt-hā / molâġât-hâ), Tajik spelling мулоқот)

1. meeting, appointment, encounter

   ملاقات رسمی ― molâqât-e rasmi ― official meeting

   کی با تو ملاقات می‌کنیم؟ ― key bâ to molâqât mi-konim? ― When will we meet you?

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 1991:

     کز ملاقات تو بر رستست جانش

     k-az molâqât-e to bar rost-ast jân-eš

     for [it is] through meeting with thee [that] his spirit has grown up in him.

Derived terms

• ملاقات کردن (molâqât kardan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: মোলাকাত (mōlakat)
• → Gujarati: મુલાકાત (mulākāt)
• → Kachchi: મુલાકાત (mulākāt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुलाक़ात (mulāqāt)

  Urdu: مُلاقات (mulāqāt)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤ (mulākāt)

  Shahmukhi script: مُلاقات (mulāqāt)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ملاقات
  • Turkish: mülakat, mülâkat
• → Turkmen: mylakat

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلَاقَات (mulāqāt), from Arabic مُلَاقَاة (mulāqāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊ.laː.qaːt̪], [mʊ.laː.kaːt̪]

Noun

مُلاقاتَ • (mulāqāta) f

1. meeting

Declension

Declension of مُلاقاتَ (fem a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	مُلاقاتَ mulāqāta	مُلاقاتُون, مُلاقاتان1 mulāqātū̃, mulāqātā̃1
oblique	مُلاقاتَ mulāqāta	مُلاقاتُنِ, مُلاقاتان1 mulāqātuni, mulāqātā̃1
vocative	مُلاقاتَ mulāqāta	مُلاقاتُون, مُلاقاتان1 mulāqātū̃, mulāqātā̃1

¹Siroli.

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ملاقات”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 557
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “ملاقات”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلَاقَات (mulāqāt), from Arabic مُلَاقَاة (mulāqāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.lɑː.qɑːt̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
• Hyphenation: مُ‧لا‧قات

Noun

مُلاقات • (mulāqāt) f (Hindi spelling मुलाक़ात)

1. meeting
2. encounter

Declension

Declension of ملاقات

	singular	plural
direct	مُلاقات (mulāqāt)	مُلاقاتیں (mulāqātẽ)
oblique	مُلاقات (mulāqāt)	مُلاقاتوں (mulāqātõ)
vocative	مُلاقات (mulāqāt)	مُلاقاتو (mulāqāto)

Synonyms

• ملاپ (milāp)
• میل (mel)

References

• “ملاقات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ملاقات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ملاقات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.