دولت
See also: دولة
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- տէվլէթ (devlet) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
editBorrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).
Noun
editدولت • (devlet) (definite accusative دولتی (devleti), plural دول (düvel))
- change; change for the better
- prosperity
- government
- state
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Turkish: devlet
- → Albanian: dovlet, daulet
- → Greek: δοβλέτι (dovléti), ντοβλέτι (ntovléti)
- → Romanian: devlet
- → Serbo-Croatian: dèvlet/дѐвлет
References
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دولت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 926
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).
In medieval sources, it most commonly means "fortune" or "stroke of good fortune," especially associated with the ruling monarch. The word now means "state; government" due to metonymy: "the royal fortune" > "the king's dominion" > "the government of the king". Up to the nineteenth century, the ruling state was most often called دولت عالیه (dowlat-e âliyye, literally “the sublime fortune [of the king]”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [daw.ˈlat]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äw.lǽt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dawlat |
Dari reading? | dawlat |
Iranian reading? | dowlat |
Tajik reading? | davlat |
Noun
editDari | دَوْلَت |
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Iranian Persian | دُوْلَت |
Tajik | давлат |
دُوْلَت • (dowlat) (plural دولتها (dowlat-hâ) or دول (doval))
- state, government
- کارمند دولت ― kârmand-e dowlat ― government employee
- مجلس شورای اسلامی در ایران وظیفه قانون گذاری و نظارت بر دولت را دارد.
- majles-e šowrâ-ye eslâmi dar irân vazife-ye qânun-gozâri va nazârat bar dowlat râ dârad.
- The Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran has the duties of lawmaking and supervision of the government.
- dominion, rulership
- (dated, literary) fortune, good fortune
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 392”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][3]:
- دانی که چیست دولت؟ دیدار یار دیدن
در کوی او گدایی بر خسروی گزیدن- dānī ki čē-st dawlat? dīdār-i yār dīdan
dar kōy-i ō gadāyē bar xusrawē guzīdan - Do you know what fortune is? To see the beloved's face,
To prefer a beggar in her street to a king of kings.
- dānī ki čē-st dawlat? dīdār-i yār dīdan
- (dated, literary) wealth, (monetary) fortune, prosperity
Usage notes
edit- In contemporary Iranian contexts, the word دولت (dowlat, “government”) refers to that section of the government presided by the رئیسجمهور (ra'is-jomhur, “President”) and his cabinet. The word حکومت (hokumat, “state”) refers to the entirety of the governmental apparatus under the supervision of the رهبر (rahbar, “Supreme Leader”).
Descendants
edit- → Assamese: দৌলত (doulot)
- → Azerbaijani: dövlət
- → Bengali: দৌলত (dōulot)
- → Georgian: დოვლათი (dovlati)
- → Gujarati: દોલત (dolat)
- Gujarati: دولت (daulat) — Lisan ud-Dawat
- → Hindustani:
- → Kannada: ದೌಲತ್ತು (daulattu)
- → Kazakh: дәулет (däulet)
- → Kyrgyz: дөөлөт (döölöt)
- → Maithili: daulti
- → Malayalam: ദൌലത്ത് (daulattŭ)
- → Marathi: दौलत (daulat)
- → Marwari: दौलत (daulat)
- → Nepali: दौलत (daulat)
- → Odia: ଦୌଲତ (daulata)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi:
- → Tamil: தௌலத்து (taulattu), தௌலத் (taulat)
- → Telugu: దౌలత్తు (daulattu)
- → Turkmen: döwlet
- → Uzbek: davlat
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