دقیقه

See also: دقيقة, دقيقه, and دقیقہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic دَقِيق (daqīq)
Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)bor.
Ottoman Turkish دقیقه

    Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

    Noun

    دقیقه • (dakika)

    1. minute (unit of time)

    Descendants

    • Turkish: dakika

    Persian

    Alternative forms

    • دقه (daqqa / daġġe) (colloquial)
    • دیقه (deyġe) (colloquial, Tehrani)

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic دَقِيق (daqīq)
    Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)bor.
    Persian دقیقه

      Borrowed from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa), from دَقِيق (daqīq).

      Pronunciation

       
       

      Readings
      Classical reading? daqīqa
      Dari reading? daqīqa
      Iranian reading? daġiġe
      Tajik reading? daqiqa
      • Audio (Iran):(file)

      Noun

      دقیقه • (daqīqa / daġiġe) (plural دقائق (daqā'iq / daġâ'eġ), or دقیقه‌ها (daqīqa-hā / daġiġe-hâ), Tajik spelling дақиқа)

      1. minute (unit of time)
      2. minute point, tiny point
        • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 35”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
          میان او که خدا آفریده است از هیچ
          دقیقه‌ایست که هیچ آفریده نگشادست
          miyān-i ō ki xudā āfarīda ast az hēč
          daqīqa'ē-st ki hēč āfarīda na-gšāda-st
          Her waist, which God created out of nothing,
          Is a tiny point which no created being has opened.
          (Classical Persian transliteration)
      • دقیقی (daqīqī / daġiġi)

      Descendants

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