فلات
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَاة (falāh). In the modern sense, a phono-semantic matching of French plateau or another European language,[1] compare English flat.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [fa.ˈlɑːt]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæ.lɒ́ːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fä.lɔ́t̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | falāt |
| Dari reading? | falāt |
| Iranian reading? | falât |
| Tajik reading? | falot |
Noun
[edit]فلات • (falât)
- plateau
- فلات ایران ― falât-e irân ― Iranian Plateau
- (archaic, original sense) waterless desert, wilderness
References
[edit]- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فلات”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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