فاکولته

See also: fakülte

Azerbaijani

Noun

فاکۆلته (fakültə) (definite accusative فاکولته‌نی (fakültəni), plural فاکولته‌لر (fakültələr))

1. Arabic spelling of fakültə

Declension

Declension of فاکولته

	singular	plural
nominative	فاکولته	فاکولته‌لر
definite accusative	فاکولته‌نی	فاکولته‌لری
dative	فاکولته‌یه	فاکولته‌لره
locative	فاکولته‌ده	فاکولته‌لرده
ablative	فاکولته‌دن	فاکولته‌لردن
definite genitive	فاکولته‌نین	فاکولته‌لرین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French faculté. While associated with Dari, the term was likely borrowed via Iranian Persian based on the reinterpretation of a final /e/ as a short /a/.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.kʰoːl̪.t̪ʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.kʰoːl̪.t̪ʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑː.kʰoːl̪.t̪ʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔː.kʰʊːl̪.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Dari reading?	fākōlta

Noun

Dari	فاکولته
Iranian Persian	دانشکده
Tajik	факултет, фокулта

فاکولته • (fākōlta) (chiefly Dari)

1. faculty, staff (of a university or college)
2. college, university

   Synonyms: (in Dari) پوهنتون (pōhantūn), دانشگاه (dānišgāh)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “فاکولته”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 267