Alternative forms

• տէվլէթ (devlet) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from ArabicCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic#دولتCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic#دولت دَوْلَة (dawla).

Noun

دولت • (devlet) (definite accusative دولتی (devleti), plural دول (düvel))Category:Ottoman Turkish lemmas#دولتCategory:Ottoman Turkish nouns#دولتCategory:Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header#دولتCategory:Pages with entries#دولتCategory:Pages with 3 entries#دولت

1. change; change for the better
2. prosperity
3. government
4. state

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دولت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 926

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).

In medieval sources, it most commonly means "fortune" or "stroke of good fortune," especially associated with the ruling monarch. The word now means "state; government" due to metonymy: "the royal fortune" > "the king's dominion" > "the government of the king". Up to the nineteenth century, the ruling state was most often called دولت عالیه (dowlat-e âliyye, literally “the sublime fortune [of the king]”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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  Category:Persian terms with audio pronunciation#دولت

Noun

دولت • (dawlat / dowlat) (plural دولت‌ها (dawlat-hā / dowlat-hâ), or دول (duwal / doval), Tajik spelling давлат)Category:Persian lemmas#دولتCategory:Persian nouns#دولتCategory:Persian entries with incorrect language header#دولتCategory:Pages with entries#دولتCategory:Pages with 3 entries#دولت

1. state, government

   کارمند دولت ― kârmand-e dowlat ― government employeeCategory:Persian terms with collocations#دولت

   دولت آن وقت ― dowlat-e ân vaqt ― the government at the timeCategory:Persian terms with collocations#دولت

   مجلس شورای اسلامی در ایران وظیفه قانون گذاری و نظارت بر دولت را دارد.

   majles-e šowrâ-ye eslâmi dar irân vazife-ye qânun-gozâri va nazârat bar dowlat râ dârad.

   The Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran has the duties of lawmaking and supervision of the government.

   Category:Persian terms with usage examples#دولت

2. dominion, rulership
3. (datedCategory:Persian dated terms#دولت, literaryCategory:Persian literary terms#دولت) fortune, good fortune
   • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Panegyric 3”, in دیوان عنصری‎:

     گفتم او را چه خواهم از ایزد
     گفت عمر دراز و دولت شاب

     guftam ō rā či xwāham az ēzad
     guft umr-i darāz u dawlat-i šāb

     I said to him, "What do you desire from God?"
     He said, "A long life and the fortune of a youth!"

     (Classical romanization)

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   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 392”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:

     دانی که چیست دولت؟ دیدار یار دیدن
     در کوی او گدایی بر خسروی گزیدن

     dānī ki čē-st dawlat? dīdār-i yār dīdan
     dar kōy-i ō gadāyī bar xusrawī guzīdan

     Do you know what fortune is? To see the beloved's face,
     To prefer begging in her street to being the king of kings.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

     Category:Persian terms with quotations#دولت

4. (datedCategory:Persian dated terms#دولت, literaryCategory:Persian literary terms#دولت) wealth, (monetary) fortune, prosperity

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَولَت (dawlat), borrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔː.lət̪/Category:Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation#دولت
• Rhymes: -ət̪Category:Rhymes:Urdu/ət̪#دولتCategory:Rhymes:Urdu/ət̪/2 syllables#دولت
• Hyphenation: دَو‧لَت

Noun

دَولَت • (daulat) f (Hindi spelling दौलत)Category:Urdu lemmas#دولتCategory:Urdu nouns#دولتCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#دولتCategory:Urdu feminine nouns#دولتCategory:Pages with entries#دولتCategory:Pages with 3 entries#دولت

1. wealth; riches; fortune
2. (by extension) power
3. prosperity, good fortune
4. (obsoleteCategory:Urdu terms with obsolete senses#دولت) government, state, dominion

Further reading

• “دولت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دولت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “دولت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]