دولت

See also: دولة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

տէվլէթ (devlet) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).

Noun

دولت • (devlet) (definite accusative دولتی (devleti), plural دول (düvel))

change; change for the better
prosperity
government
state

Derived terms

دولتجه (devletce)
دولتلو (devletli, “prosperous”)

Descendants

Turkish: devlet
→ Albanian: dovlet, daulet
→ Greek: δοβλέτι (dovléti), ντοβλέτι (ntovléti)
→ Romanian: devlet
→ Serbo-Croatian: dèvlet / дѐвлет

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دولت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 926

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).

In medieval sources, it most commonly means "fortune" or "stroke of good fortune," especially associated with the ruling monarch. The word now means "state; government" due to metonymy: "the royal fortune" > "the king's dominion" > "the government of the king". Up to the nineteenth century, the ruling state was most often called (dowlat-e âliyye, literally “the sublime fortune [of the king]”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daw.ˈlat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äw.lǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äw.lǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äw.lǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ow.lǽt̪]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d̪oː.lǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äw.lǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dawlat
Dari reading^?	dawlat
Iranian reading^?	dowlat
Tajik reading^?	davlat

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Dari	دَوْلَت
Iranian Persian	دُوْلَت
Tajik	давлат

دُوْلَت • (dowlat) (plural دولت‌ها (dowlat-hâ) or دول (doval))

state, government
― kârmand-e dowlat ― government employee

majles-e šowrâ-ye eslâmi dar irân vazife-ye qânun-gozâri va nazârat bar dowlat râ dârad.
The Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran has the duties of lawmaking and supervision of the government.
dominion, rulership
(dated, literary) fortune, good fortune
- early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Panegyric 3”, in دیوان عنصری‎^[2]:
  گفتم او را چه خواهم از ایزد
  گفت عمر دراز و دولت شاب
  guftam ō rā či xwāham az ēzad
  guft umr-i darāz u dawlat-i šāb
  I said to him, "What do you desire from God?"
  He said, "A long life and the fortune of a youth!"
  (Classical romanization)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 392”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[3]:
  دانی که چیست دولت؟ دیدار یار دیدن
  در کوی او گدایی بر خسروی گزیدن
  dānī ki čē-st dawlat? dīdār-i yār dīdan
  dar kōy-i ō gadāyē bar xusrawē guzīdan
  Do you know what fortune is? To see the beloved's face,
  To prefer a beggar in her street to a king of kings.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(dated, literary) wealth, (monetary) fortune, prosperity

Usage notes

In contemporary Iranian contexts, the word (dowlat, “government”) refers to that section of the government presided by the (ra'is-jomhur, “President”) and his cabinet. The word (hokumat, “state”) refers to the entirety of the governmental apparatus under the supervision of the (rahbar, “Supreme Leader”).

Note that this usage is quite the opposite of the respective etyma دَوْلة (dawla) and حُكُومة (ḥukūma) in contemporary Arabic.

In contemporary Tadjikistan, the word давлат (davlat, “government, state”) is often used as a synonymous for кишвар (kišvar, “country”).

Descendants

→ Assamese: দৌলত (doulot)
→ Azerbaijani: dövlət
→ Bengali: দৌলত (dōulot)
→ Georgian: დოვლათი (dovlati)
→ Gujarati: દોલત (dolat)
Gujarati: دولت (daulat) — Lisan ud-Dawat
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दौलत (daulat)

Urdu: دَولَت (daulat)
→ Kannada: ದೌಲತ್ತು (daulattu)
→ Kazakh: дәулет (däulet)
→ Kyrgyz: дөөлөт (döölöt)
→ Maithili: daulti
Devanagari script: दौलति

Tirhuta script: 𑒠𑒾𑒪𑒞𑒱
→ Malayalam: ദൌലത്ത് (daulattŭ)
→ Marathi: दौलत (daulat)
→ Marwari: दौलत (daulat)
→ Nepali: दौलत (daulat)
→ Odia: ଦୌଲତ (daulata)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਦੌਲਤ (daulat)

Shahmukhi script: دَولَت (daulat)
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: دَوْلَتَ

Devanagari script: दौलत
→ Tamil: தௌலத்து (taulattu), தௌலத் (taulat)
→ Tatar: дәүләт (däwlät)
→ Telugu: దౌలత్తు (daulattu)
→ Turkmen: döwlet
→ Uzbek: davlat