تالاب

Persian

Etymology

From تال (tâl, “pond”, from Hindi ताल (tāl) / Urdu تال (tāl), from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”)) +‎ آب (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))

1. wetland
2. 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