کالج

Persian

Etymology 1

Ultimately Borrowed from English college likely borrowed through intermediary languages such as Pashto or Urdu کالج

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.lɪd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.lɪd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.lɪd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.lid͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Dari reading?	kālij

Noun

Dari	کالج، پوهنتون
Iranian Persian	دانشگاه
Tajik	коллеҷ

کالج • (kâlij)

1. (Dari, nonstandard) college

Etymology 2

Noun

کالج • (kâlej, kâlej)

1. (somewhat uncommon) loafer (footwear)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English college

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.lɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

کالج • (kālij) m (Hindi spelling कालिज)

1. college