"الـ" meaning in All languages combined

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Particle [Persian]

Forms: al- [romanization], -l- [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ال (al-, “the”, definite article). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|ال|pos=definite article|t=the}} Borrowed from Arabic ال (al-, “the”, definite article) Head templates: {{head|fa|particle|tr=al-|tr2=-l-}} الـ • (al- or -l-)
  1. Used in certain unadapted borrowings from Arabic.
    Sense id: en-الـ-fa-particle-ZMf4Yq3q
  2. of; used as the equivalent of the ezâfe between Arabic borrowings to form compound words, which often do not exist in Arabic.
    Sense id: en-الـ-fa-particle-74LgXPhH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian particles Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Persian particles: 35 65
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          "english": "certainly, surely",
          "roman": "ala-l-tahqīq/ala-l-tahqiq",
          "text": "علیٰالتحقیق",
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        },
        {
          "text": "ابوالهول ― abu-l-hawl/abo-l-howl ― sphinx",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "totally, entirely",
          "roman": "bi-l-kull/be-l-koll",
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          "text": "بین (beyn, “between”) + الـ (-l-) + ملل (melal, “nations”) + ـی (-i) → بینالمللی (beyno-l-melali, “international”)",
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          "text": "حق (haqq, “wage, payment”) + الـ (-s-) + سکوت (sokut, “silence”) → حقالسکوت (haqqo-s-sokut, “hush money”)",
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          "text": "دستور (dastur, “rule, guideline”) + الـ (-l-) + عمل (amal, “action”) → دستورالعمل (dasturo-l-'amal, “written instructions”)",
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          "text": "مجمع (majma', “assembly”) + الـ (-l-) + جزایر (jazâyer, “islands”) → مجمعالجزایر (majma'o-l-jazâyer, “archipelago”)",
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