فاصله
See also: فاصلة
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic فَاصِلَة (fāṣila).
Noun
فاصله • (fasila)
Descendants
- Turkish: fasila
References
- Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “fasila”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فاصله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 883a
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَاصِلَة (fāṣila).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /faː.si.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.sɪ.lá], [fɑːs.lá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fɒː.se.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fɔ.si.lá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fāsila |
| Dari reading? | fāsila, fāsla |
| Iranian reading? | fâsele |
| Tajik reading? | fosila |
Noun
فاصله • (fāsila / fâsele) (Tajik spelling фосила)
- distance, space between things
- Synonym: مسافت (masāfat / masâfat)
- این ده با شهر فاصله دارد.
- īn dih bā šahr fāsila dārad. / in deh bâ šahr fâsele dârad.
- This village is distant from the city.
- (literally, “This village has distance with the city.”)
- orthographic space (a gap in text between words, lines etc.)
Derived terms
- بلافاصله (bilāfāsila / belâfâsele, “immediately, at once”)
- در این فاصله (dar īn fāsila / dar in fâsele, “in the meantime”)
- سال فاصله (sāl-i fāsila / sâl-e fâsele, “sabbatical year, gap year”)
- فاصله داشتن (fāsila dāštan / fâsele dâštan, “to be distant”)
- فاصله گرفتن (fāsila giriftan / fâsele gereftan)
- فاصلهگذاری (fāsila-guzārī / fâsele-gozâri, “spacing”)
- نیم فاصله (nīm-i fāsila / nim-e fâsele, “zero-space”)