خلیج

See also: خليج

Azerbaijani

Noun

خلیج

  1. Arabic spelling of xəlic

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Noun

خلیج • (halîc)

  1. gulf
    Synonym: كورفز (körfez)

Descendants
  • Turkish: haliç

Proper noun

خلیج • (Halîc)

  1. the Golden Horn (a major urban waterway, the primary inlet of the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey)

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.líːd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xä.líːd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xä.líd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? xalīj
Dari reading? xalīj
Iranian reading? xalij
Tajik reading? xalij

Noun
Dari خلیج
Iranian Persian
Tajik халиҷ

خلیج • (xalij)

  1. (geography) gulf, bay
    Synonym: شاخابه (šâxâbe)
  2. (geography) sound, strait
    Synonym: بغاز (boğâz)

Derived terms

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Noun

خَلِیج • (xalīj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਲੀਜ)

  1. gulf

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خلِیج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Pronunciation

Noun

خلیج • (xalīj) m (Hindi spelling ख़लीज) (plural خلج (xuluj))

  1. gulf, bay
    Synonym: کھاڑی (khāṛī)
    خلیجِ بنگال ― xalīj-e baṅgāl ― Bay of Bengal
    خلیجِ فارس ― xalīj-e fāris ― Persian Gulf
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