بلخ

See also: ثلج, بلح, and تلخ

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (balx).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balx/

Proper noun

بَلْخ • (balḵ) f

Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan)
Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ))

Declension

Declension of noun بَلْخ (balḵ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	بَلْخ balḵ	—
Nominative	—	بَلْخُ balḵu	—
Accusative	—	بَلْخَ balḵa	—
Genitive	—	بَلْخَ balḵa	—

Derived terms

بَلْخِيّ (balḵiyy, “Balkhi”)
قَرْحَة بَلْخِيَّة (qarḥa(t) balḵiyya), حَبَّة بَلْخِيَّة (ḥabba(t) balḵiyya), بَلْخِيَّة (balḵiyya, “cutaneous leishmaniasis”)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Balx), transposed from [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾhl /⁠Baxl⁠/), apparently the Sogdian form 𐫁𐫆𐫓 (bẖl /⁠Baxl⁠/, “Bactria”) of Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠Bāxtriš⁠/, “Bactria”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [balx]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bälx]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bälx]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bälx]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bælx]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bälχ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	balx
Dari reading^?	balx
Iranian reading^?	balx
Tajik reading^?	balx

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	بلخ
Dari	بلخ
Tajik	Балх

بلخ • (balx)

Ancient Bactra, modern-day Balkh (city)
Balkh (a province of Afghanistan)
― velâyat-e balx ― the province of Balkh, Balkh Province

Derived terms

بلخی (balxi)

References

Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 31 Nr. 37

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