بلخ
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]بَلْخ • (balḵ) f
- Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan)
- Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ))
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun بَلْخ (balḵ)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | بَلْخ balḵ |
— |
Nominative | — | بَلْخُ balḵu |
— |
Accusative | — | بَلْخَ balḵa |
— |
Genitive | — | بَلْخَ balḵa |
— |
Derived terms
[edit]- بَلْخِيّ (balḵiyy, “Balkhi”)
- قَرْحَة بَلْخِيَّة (qarḥa(t) balḵiyya), حَبَّة بَلْخِيَّة (ḥabba(t) balḵiyya), بَلْخِيَّة (balḵiyya, “cutaneous leishmaniasis”)
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Balx), transposed from [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾhl /Baxl/), apparently the Sogdian form 𐫁𐫆𐫓 (bẖl /Baxl/, “Bactria”) of Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /Bāxtriš/, “Bactria”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [balx]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bælx]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bälχ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | balx |
Dari reading? | balx |
Iranian reading? | balx |
Tajik reading? | balx |
Proper noun
[edit]Dari | بلخ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Балх |
بلخ • (balx)
- Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)
- Balkh (a province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city)
- ولایت بلخ ― velâyat-e balx ― the province of Balkh, Balkh Province
Derived terms
[edit]- بلخی (balxi)
References
[edit]- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 31 Nr. 37
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