علامت تعجب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة تَعَجُّب (ʕalāmat taʕajjub), equivalent to عَلامَت ('alâmat, “mark”) +‎ تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjob, “astonishment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.lɑː.ˈma.ti ta.ʔad͡ʒ.ˈd͡ʒuβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽ.t̪ʰɪ t̪ʰä.ʔäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒʊ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽ.t̪ʰɪ t̪ʰä.ʔäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒʊ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽ.t̪ʰɪ t̪ʰɑːäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒʊ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔː.mǽ.t̪ʰi t̪ʰɔːäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒúb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.lɒː.mǽ.t̪ʰe t̪ʰæ.ʔæd͡ʒ.d͡ʒób̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔ.mǽ.t̪ʰi t̪ʰä.ʔäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒúb]

Readings
Classical reading?	alāmat-i ta'ajjuḇ
Dari reading?	alāmat-i ta'ajjub
Iranian reading?	alâmat-e ta'ajjob
Tajik reading?	alomat-i taʾajjub

Noun

عَلامَتِ تَعَجُّب • ('alâmat-e ta'ajjob)

1. exclamation mark