شمالی

See also: شمالي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy) or Persian شمالی.

Adjective

شمالی • (şimali)

1. northern

Descendants

• Turkish: şimali

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1135

Persian

Etymology

From شمال (šomâl, “north”) +‎ ـی (i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ˈmɑː.liː], [ʃu.mɑː.ˈliː], [ʃi.mɑː.ˈliː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑ́ː.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔ́ː.li]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.mɒː.líː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.mɔ.lí]

Readings
Classical reading?	šamālī, šumālī, šimālī
Dari reading?	šamālī
Iranian reading?	šomâli
Tajik reading?	šimoli

Adjective

Dari	شمالی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шимолӣ

شمالی • (šomâli)

1. northern, of or pertaining to the north

   کرهٔ شمالی ― kore-ye šomâli ― North Korea

   ایرلند شمالی ― irland-e šomâli ― Northern Ireland