بلند

Kermanic

Alternative forms

• Mahallati, Vonishuni: بُلند (bulænd, buland)

Pronunciation

• (Kafroni, Sedehi, Zefre'i) IPA^(key): /bælænd/
• (Kese'i) IPA^(key): /bæland/

Noun

بلند (bäländ, bäland)

1. Alternative form of بلن

Persian

Dari	بلند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	баланд

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭥𐭫𐭭𐭣 (buland), from Old Persian *br̥daⁿs, from Proto-Iranian *br̥jáns (“high, tall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bu.ˈlanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.lǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.lǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊ.lǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.lǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.lǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.lǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	buland
Dari reading?	buland
Iranian reading?	boland
Tajik reading?	baland

Adjective

بلند • (boland) (comparative بلندتَر (boland-tar), superlative بلندتَرین (boland-tarin))

1. tall
2. high
3. loud

Antonyms

• کوتاه (kutâh)

Related terms

• بلندی (bolandi)
• بلند کردن (boland kardan)
• بلند شدن (boland šodan)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બુલંદ (buland)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बुलंद (buland)

  Urdu: بلند (buland)

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: بلند (büländ)
  • > Azerbaijani: bülənd, Bülənd (inherited)
  • > Ottoman Turkish: بلند (bülent) (inherited)
    • > Turkish: Bülent (inherited)
• → Chagatai: بلند (bäländ)
  • > Uzbek: baland (inherited)
  • > Uyghur: بەلەت (belet) (inherited)
  • > Ili Turki: bälät (inherited)
  • → Karakalpak: бәлент (bälent)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੁਲੰਦ (buland)

  Shahmukhi script: بُلَند (buland)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بُلند (buland). Compare Punjabi ਬੁਲੰਦ (buland) / بُلَند (buland), Gujarati બુલંદ (buland).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊ.lənd̪/

Adjective

بُلَنْد • (buland) (Hindi spelling बुलंद)

1. high, lofty
2. loud