ایالت
See also: إيالة
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic إِيَالَة (ʾiyāla).
Noun
ایالت • (eyâlet) (plural ایالات)
- a province, a principality
- eyalet (administrative division of the Ottoman Empire)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- ایالت آناطولی (Eyalet-i Anadolu)
Descendants
- Turkish: eyalet
- → English: eyalet
- → French: eyalet
- → German: Ejalet
- ⇒ Portuguese: eialete
- → Russian: эялет (ejalet)
- ⇒ Spanish: eyalato
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایالت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 285
Pashto
Etymology
From Arabic إِيَالَة (ʾiyāla).
Noun
ایالت • (iyālát) m
- district, province, state
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic إِيَالَة (ʾiyāla).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ijɑːlat/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɪjɑːlat/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ijɒːlæt/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ijɔlat/
Noun
| Dari | ایالت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | иёлат (iyolat) |
ایالت • (eyâlat) (plural ایالات (eyâlât))
- province, state
- eyalet (administrative division of the Ottoman Empire)
Derived terms
- ایالات متحده آمریکا (eyâlât-e mottahede-ye âmrikâ, “United States of America”)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: इयालत (iyālat)
- Urdu: اِیالَت (iyālat)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ایالت (iyālat, “administration”), from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʾiyāla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.jɑː.lət̪/
Noun
اِیالَت • (iyālat) f (Hindi spelling इयालत)
- government, State
- rule, dominion
Synonyms
- (State, dominion): سلطنت (saltanat)
- (rule, dominion): راج (rāj)
- (government): حکومت (hukūmat)
Further reading
- “ایالت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ايالت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “ایالت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.