تقلید

See also: تقليد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تقليد (taqlīd).

Noun

تقلید • (taklid)

1. imitation, emulation
2. counterfeit

Descendants

• Turkish: taklit

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَقْلِید (“imitation”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taq.liːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäq.liːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäq.liːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäq.liːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäq.lid̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʁ.liːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäq.lid̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	taqlīḏ
Dari reading?	taqlīd
Iranian reading?	tağlid
Tajik reading?	taqlid

Dari	تَقْلِید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тақлид

Noun

تقلید • (taqlid)

1. imitation
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 484:

     ز آن که تقلید آفت هر نیکویی است
     که بود تقلید اگر کوه قوی است‏

     za ān ki taqlīd āfat-i har nēkūyī-st
     kah buwad taqlīd agar kōh-i qawī-st

     Inasmuch as imitation is the bane of every good quality;
     imitation is (but) a straw, (even) if it is a mighty mountain.

2. mime, mimicry

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تقلید”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تقلید (taqlīd), from Arabic تَقْلِيد (taqlīd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əq.liːd̪/

Noun

تَقْلِید • (taqlīd) f (Hindi spelling तक़लीद)

1. imitation, representation
2. forgery
3. conformity, conformation
4. counterfeit

References

• “تقلید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تقلید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.