اورشلیم

See also: أورشليم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُورُشَلِيم (ʔūrušalīm), or Middle Persian ʾwlyšlym (Urišlīm), from Aramaic אורשלם / ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (ʾŪrišlēm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuː.ɾu.ˈʃa.liːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuː.ɾʊ.ʃǽ.liːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuː.ɾʊ.ʃǽ.liːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔuː.ɾʊ.ʃǽ.liːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.ɾu.ʃǽ.lim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoɹ.ʃæ.líːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuɾ.ʃä.lím]

Readings
Classical reading?	ūrušalīm
Dari reading?	ūrušalīm
Iranian reading?	oršalim
Tajik reading?	uršalim

Proper noun

Dari	اورشلیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Уршалим

اورشلیم • (oršalim)

1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

   Synonym: بیت‌المقدس (beyt-ol-moqaddas)

Usage notes

• بیت‌المقدس (beyt-ol-moqaddas) tends to be more often used.

Derived terms

• اورشلیمی (oršalimi)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Urišlīm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 84