الموت

Persian

Etymology

Compound of آلُه / اَلُه / اَلوه (âloh, aloh, aluh, “eagle”) (from Middle Persian ʾlwh (āluh, “eagle”)) and either the dialectal (Qazvin) آموخت (âmu(x)t, “taught”), or آموت (âmut, “nest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔælæˈmuːt/

Proper noun

الموت • (alamut)

1. Alamut (castle)
   • 1340, Hamdallah-i Mustawfī, Nuzhat-ul-Qulūb

     و معتبرترین همه قلعهٔ الموت که دارالملک اسمعیلیان ایران زمین بود و صد و هفتاد و یک سال مقر دولت ایشان بود و آن قلعه از اقلیم چهارم است.

     wa mu'tabar-tarīn-i hama, qal'a-i Alamūt, ki dār-ul-mulk-i Ismā'īliyān-i Ērān-zamīn būd u sad-u-haftād-u-yak sāl maqarr-i dawlat-i ēšān būd, wa ān qal'a az iqlīm-i čahārum ast.

     [...] and the most authoritative of all [of the castles in Rudbar]—the Alamut Castle, which was the capital of the [Nizari] Isma'ilis of Greater Iran, and for one hundred and seventy-one years was the headquarters of their state. The castle is in the Fourth Province.

2. Alamut (region)

Derived terms

• الموتی (alamuti)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “الموت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• B. Hourcade. "ALAMŪT". Encyclopædia Iranica.