سلسله مراتب

Persian

Etymology

By surface analysis, سلسله (selsele) +‎ مراتب (marâteb).

Compare Arabic سِلْسِلَةُ مَراتِب (⁧silsilatu marātib, “hierarchy”), Ottoman Turkish سلسله مراتب (silsile-i meratib, “hierarchy”), which is now replaced in modern Turkish by hiyerarşi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Likely an Ottoman Arabic-based coinage used for translating European terms”)

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪl.sɪ.lǽ mä.ɾɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sel.se.lé mæ.ɹɒː.t̪ʰéb̥]

Readings
Dari reading?	silsila marātib
Iranian reading?	selsele marâteb

Dari	سِلسِلَه مَراتِب
Iranian Persian	سِلسِلِه مَراتِب
Tajik	иерархия

Noun

سلسله مراتب • (selsele marâteb)

1. hierarchy