الموت

Persian

Etymology

Compound of آلُه / اَلُه / اَلوه (âloh, aloh, aluh, eagle) (from Middle Persian ʾlwh (āluh, eagle)) and either the dialectal (Qazvin) آموخت (âmu(x)t, taught), or آموت (âmut, nest).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.lä.múːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.lä.múːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.lä.mút̪]

Readings
Classical reading? alamūt
Dari reading? alamūt
Iranian reading? alamut
Tajik reading? alamut

Proper noun

الموت • (alamut)

  1. Alamut (castle)
    • 1340, Hamdallah-i Mustawfī, Nuzhat-ul-Qulūb:
      و معتبرترین همه قلعهٔ الموت که دارالملک اسمعیلیان ایران زمین بود و صد و هفتاد و یک سال مقر دولت ایشان بود و آن قلعه از اقلیم چهارم است.
      va mu'tabar-tarîn-i hama, qal'a-i alamût, ki dâr-ul-mulk-i ismâ'îliyân-i êrân-zamîn bûd u sad-u-haftâd-u-yak sâl maqarr-i dawlat-i êšân bûd, va ân qal'a az iqlîm-i čahârum ast.
      [...] and the most authoritative of all [of the castles in Rudbar]—the Alamut Castle, which was the capital of the [Nizari] Isma'ilis of Greater Iran, and for one hundred and seventy-one years was the headquarters of their state. The castle is in the Fourth Province.
  2. Alamut (region)

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