تالاب

Persian

Etymology

(tâl, “pond”, from Hindi ताल (tāl) / Urdu تال (tāl), from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”)) +‎ (āb, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.lɑ́ːb]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.lɒ́ːb̥]

Readings

Dari reading^?	tālāb
Iranian reading^?	tâlâb

Noun

تالاب • (tâlâb) (plural تالاب‌ها (tâlâb-hâ))

wetland
pond, lagoon

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تالاب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تالاب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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