فلات

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَاة (falāh). In the modern sense, a phono-semantic matching of French plateau or another European language, compare English flat.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ˈlɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.lɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.lɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.lɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.lɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.lɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.lɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	falāt
Dari reading?	falāt
Iranian reading?	falât
Tajik reading?	falot

Noun

فلات • (falât)

1. plateau

   فلات ایران ― falât-e irân ― Iranian Plateau

2. (archaic, original sense) waterless desert, wilderness