"بلخ" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Arabic]

IPA: /balx/
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ar|fa-cls|بَلْخ|tr=balx}} Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx) Head templates: {{ar-proper noun|بَلْخ|f}} بَلْخ • (balḵ) f Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|بَلْخ:di|state=ind-def}} Forms: بَلْخ [canonical], balḵ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [diptote, indefinite, informal, singular], بَلْخ [definite, diptote, informal, singular], - [construct, diptote, informal, singular], - [diptote, indefinite, nominative, singular], بَلْخُ [definite, diptote, nominative, singular], - [construct, diptote, nominative, singular], - [accusative, diptote, indefinite, singular], بَلْخَ [accusative, definite, diptote, singular], - [accusative, construct, diptote, singular], - [diptote, genitive, indefinite, singular], بَلْخَ [definite, diptote, genitive, singular], - [construct, diptote, genitive, singular]
  1. Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan) Categories (place): Cities in Afghanistan, Places in Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-بلخ-ar-name-0UKZhD0B Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 33 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 33 36 5
  2. Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ)) Categories (place): Places in Afghanistan, Provinces of Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-بلخ-ar-name-hsiCl4lT Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic feminine terms lacking feminine ending, Arabic nouns with basic diptote singular, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Arabic feminine terms lacking feminine ending: 42 58 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic diptote singular: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 33 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 33 36 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بَلْخِيّ (balḵiyy) (english: Balkhi), قَرْحَة بَلْخِيَّة (alt: qarḥa(t) balḵiyya), حَبَّة بَلْخِيَّة (alt: ḥabba(t) balḵiyya), بَلْخِيَّة (balḵiyya) (english: cutaneous leishmaniasis)

Proper name [Persian]

IPA: [balx] [Classical-Persian], [bälx] [Dari, formal], [bälx] [Dari, formal], [bälx] [Kabuli], [bälx] (note: Hazaragi), [bælx] [Iran, formal], [bälχ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: balx [romanization]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal||sc=Phlv|tr=Balx}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Balx), {{der|fa|sog|-}} Sogdian, {{cog|peo|𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁|t=Bactria|ts=Bāxtriš}} Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠Bāxtriš⁠/, “Bactria”) Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=balx|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} بلخ • (balx), {{fa-proper noun|tr=balx}} بلخ • (balx)
  1. Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)
    Balkh (a province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city)
    Categories (place): Places in Afghanistan, Provinces of Afghanistan, Towns in Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-بلخ-fa-name-WTdx1IYZ Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 33 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 33 36 5 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.) Categories (place): Places in Afghanistan, Provinces of Afghanistan, Towns in Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-بلخ-fa-name-VAshIZ9h Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بلخی (balxi), بلخ بامی (balx-e bâmi) (english: Balkh the Ancient; a title used when referring to the city)
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    }
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          "text": "ولایت بلخ ― velâyat-e balx ― the province of Balkh, Balkh Province",
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
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      "ipa": "[bælx]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[bälχ]",
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        "Tajik",
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}
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      "english": "Balkhi",
      "roman": "balḵiyy",
      "word": "بَلْخِيّ"
    },
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      "alt": "qarḥa(t) balḵiyya",
      "word": "قَرْحَة بَلْخِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ḥabba(t) balḵiyya",
      "word": "حَبَّة بَلْخِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "english": "cutaneous leishmaniasis",
      "roman": "balḵiyya",
      "word": "بَلْخِيَّة"
    }
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "بَلْخ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "balḵ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بَلْخ",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بَلْخُ",
      "roman": "balḵu",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بَلْخَ",
      "roman": "balḵa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بَلْخَ",
      "roman": "balḵa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
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        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "بَلْخ",
        "2": "f"
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      "expansion": "بَلْخ • (balḵ) f",
      "name": "ar-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "بَلْخ:di",
        "state": "ind-def"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ar:Cities in Afghanistan",
        "ar:Places in Afghanistan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English"
        ],
        [
          "Balkh Province",
          "Balkh Province#English"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "ar:Places in Afghanistan",
        "ar:Provinces of Afghanistan"
      ],
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        "Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ))"
      ],
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          "Balkh Province",
          "Balkh Province#English"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan#English"
        ],
        [
          "وِلَايَة بَلْخ",
          "ولاية بلخ#Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/balx/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلخ"
}

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      "roman": "balxi",
      "word": "بلخی"
    },
    {
      "english": "Balkh the Ancient; a title used when referring to the city",
      "roman": "balx-e bâmi",
      "word": "بلخ بامی"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁",
        "t": "Bactria",
        "ts": "Bāxtriš"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠Bāxtriš⁠/, “Bactria”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "balx",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "بلخ • (balx)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "tr": "balx"
      },
      "expansion": "بلخ • (balx)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
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        "fa:Places in Afghanistan",
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      ],
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        "Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)",
        "Balkh (a province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city)"
      ],
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          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English:_Q182159"
        ],
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          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English"
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        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan#English"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
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        [
          "Islam",
          "Islam"
        ],
        [
          "Zoroastrianism",
          "Zoroastrianism"
        ],
        [
          "Bactria",
          "Bactria"
        ],
        [
          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English:_Q121104"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with collocations",
        "fa:Places in Afghanistan",
        "fa:Provinces of Afghanistan",
        "fa:Towns in Afghanistan"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "ولایت بلخ ― velâyat-e balx ― the province of Balkh, Balkh Province",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)"
      ],
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          "Balkh",
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          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English"
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          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan#English"
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          "Islam",
          "Islam"
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          "Zoroastrianism",
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          "Bactria",
          "Bactria"
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          "Balkh",
          "Balkh#English:_Q121104"
        ],
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          "province",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[balx]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälx]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bælx]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bälχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلخ"
}

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