دلفین
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See also: دلفين
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), δελφίν (delphín).
Noun
[edit]دلفین • (delfin)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: delfin
References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلفین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 579
Persian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic دُلْفِين (dulfīn), from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dul.ˈfiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ol.fíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ul.fín]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | dulfīn |
Dari reading? | dulfīn |
Iranian reading? | dolfin |
Tajik reading? | dulfin |
Noun
[edit]دلفین • (dolfin) (plural دلفینها (dolfin-hâ))
- dolphin
- Synonym: (dialectal) کراره (karâre)
- c. 1620, Mīr Dāmād, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان اشراق[2]:
- در موج بحر خشم تو دلفین همی غریق
وز یاد هیبت تو همی اصفر آفتاب- dar mawj-i bahr-i xišm-i tu dulfīn hamē ğarīq
w-az yād-i haybat-i tu hamē asfar āftāb - In the wave of the sea of your wrath, the dolphin is always submerged;
And by remembering your dreadfulness, the sun is always yellow [as if with fear].
- dar mawj-i bahr-i xišm-i tu dulfīn hamē ğarīq
Derived terms
[edit]- دلفین سیاه (dolfin-e siyâh)
- دلفین پوزهبطری (dolfin-e puze-batri)
Categories:
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish nouns
- ota:Mammals
- Persian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- fa:Cetaceans
- Persian terms with quotations