ملکوت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَكُوت (malakūt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.la.ˈkuːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.lä.kʰúːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.lä.kʰúːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.lä.kʰúːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.lä.kʰút̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.læ.kʰúːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.lä.kʰút̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	malakūt
Dari reading?	malakūt
Iranian reading?	malakut
Tajik reading?	malakut

Noun

ملکوت • (malakut)

1. kingdom, dominion, reign
2. (Islam, Sufism) Malakut, a cosmic plane between the angelic and imaginal realms
   • c. 1300, Humām-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 142”, in دیوان همام تبریزی‎^[1]:

     مرغ باغ ملکوتم نیم از عالم خاک
     دو سه روزی قفسی ساخته‌اند از بدنم

     murğ-i bāğ-i malakūt-am niyam az ālam-i xāk
     du si rōzē qafasē saxta-and az badan-am

     I am a bird from the garden of malakūt, not from the world of earth!
     They [only] built a cage out of my body for two or three days.