اقلا

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أقل (ʔaqall, “less, least”), elative of قليل (qalīl, “little”). The use of the adverbial tanwin ending is a Persian innovation since the Arabic word is diptote and hence cannot take a tanwin.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.qal.ˈlan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qäl.lǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qäl.lǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qäl.lǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ʁæl.lǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.qäl.lǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	aqallan
Dari reading^?	aqallan
Iranian reading^?	ağallan
Tajik reading^?	aqallan

Adverb

اقلا • (aqallan)

at least