قحطی

Persian

Etymology

From قحط (qaht) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qah.ˈtiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæɦ.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	qahtī
Dari reading?	qahtī
Iranian reading?	ğahti
Tajik reading?	qahti

Noun

قحطی • (qahti)

1. famine, dearth

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قحطی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قحطی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press