خليج

See also: خلیج

Arabic

Root
خ ل ج (ḵ-l-j)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.liːd͡ʒ/

Noun

خَلِيج • (ḵalīj) m (plural خُلُج (ḵuluj) or خُلْجَان (ḵuljān))

  1. gulf
    1. (definite) the Persian Gulf, the Gulf
      الْخَلِيجal-ḵalījthe Gulf
      Synonyms: الْخَلِيج الْعَرَبِيّ (al-ḵalīj al-ʕarabiyy), الْخَلِيج الْفَارِسِيّ (al-ḵalīj al-fārisiyy)
  2. bay
    Synonym: جون (jōn)
  3. (rare) strait
    Synonym: مَضِيق (maḍīq)
  4. (rare) river
    Synonym: نَهْر (nahr)
  5. (rare) canal
    Synonym: قَنَاة (qanāh)
  6. (rare) bank, shore
    Synonyms: ضِفَّة (ḍiffa), شَطّ (šaṭṭ)
  7. (rare) small ship

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Amharic: ኸሊጅ (xäliǧ, canal)
  • Azerbaijani: xəlic
  • Hindustani: xalīj
    Hindi: ख़लीज
    Urdu: خَلِیج (xalīj)
  • Northern Kurdish: xelîc
  • Ottoman Turkish: خلیج (halîc)
  • Pashto: خليج
  • Persian: خلیج (xalij)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਖਲੀਜ (khalīj)
    Shahmukhi script: خَلِیج (xalīj)

References

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج (ḵalīj).

Noun

خليج • (xalíj) m

  1. gulf
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