تلاوت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تِلَاوَة (tilāwa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ti.lɑː.ˈwat]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.lɒː.vǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tilāwat
Iranian reading?	talâvat

Noun

تلاوت • (talâvat)

1. (Islam) recitation of the Quran

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تلاوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تلاوت (tilāvat), taken from Arabic تِلَاوَة (tilāwa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.lɑː.ʋət̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

تِلاوَت • (tilāvat) f (Hindi spelling तिलावत)

1. (Islam) tilawa, recitation (of the Holy Quran)

Declension

Declension of تلاوت

	singular	plural
direct	تلاوت (tilāvat)	تلاوتیں (tilāvatẽ)
oblique	تلاوت (tilāvat)	تلاوتوں (tilāvatõ)
vocative	تلاوت (tilāvat)	تلاوتو (tilāvato)

References

• “تلاوت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تلاوت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.