ملعقه
Persian
یک ملعقه
Alternative forms
- ملعقة (mil'aqa(t)) (Classical Persian, archaic)
- ملاقه (malāqa / malâġe), (only Iran) ملاغه (colloquial)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Persian ملعقه
Borrowed from Arabic مِلْعَقَة (milʕaqa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mil.ʔa.ˈqa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɪl.ʔä.qä], [mäl.ʔä.qä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mel.ʔæ.ʁe], [mæl.ʔæ.ʁe]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [mæ.lɒː.ʁe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mil.ʔä.qä], [mäl.ʔä.qä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mil'aqa |
| Dari reading? | mil'aqa, mal'aqa |
| Iranian reading? | mel'aġa, mal'aġe |
| Tajik reading? | mil'aqa, mal'aqa |
Noun
ملعقه • (mil'aqa / mel'aġe) (plural ملاعق (malā'iq / malâ'eġ), Tajik spelling милъақа)
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ملعقه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ملعقه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ملعقة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- “ملعقه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025