فاصله

See also: فاصلة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَاصِلَة (fāṣila).

Noun

فاصله • (fasila)

1. interval, separation, distance
2. interruption

Descendants

• Turkish: fasila

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “fasila”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فاصله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 883a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاصِلَة (fāṣila).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fɑː.si.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.sɪ.lǽ], [fɑːs.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.sɪ.lǽ], [fɑːs.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑː.sɪ.lǽ], [fɑːs.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔː.si.lǽ], [fɔːs.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fɒː.se.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɔ.si.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fāsila
Dari reading?	fāsila, fāsla
Iranian reading?	fâsele
Tajik reading?	fosila

Noun

Dari	فاصله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фосила

فاصله • (fâsele)

1. distance, space between things

   Synonym: مسافت (masâfat)

   این ده با شهر فاصله دارد.

   in deh bâ šahr fâsele dârad.

   This village is distant from the city.

   (literally, “This village has distance with the city.”)

2. orthographic space (a gap in text between words, lines etc.)

Derived terms

• بلافاصله (belâfâsele, “immediately, at once”)
• در این فاصله (dar in fâsele, “in the meantime”)
• فاصله داشتن (fâsele dâštan, “to be distant”)
• فاصله گرفتن (fâsele gereftan)
• فاصله‌گذاری (fâsele-gozâri, “spacing”)
• نیم فاصله (nim-e fâsele, “zero-space”)
• سال فاصله (sâl-e fâsele, “sabbatical year, gap year”)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ासला (fāslā), फ़ासिला (fāsilā)

  Urdu: فاصلہ (fāsilā, fāslā)