الحاح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْحَاح (ʔilḥāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔil.ˈhaːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.hɑ́ːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.lɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.lɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel.hɒ́ːʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil.hɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ilhāh
Dari reading^?	ilhāh
Iranian reading^?	elhâh
Tajik reading^?	ilhoh

Noun

الحاح • (elhâh)

importunity, soliciting
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 98”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  بداد لعل لبت بوسه‌ای به صد زاری
  گرفت کام دلم زو به صد هزار الحاح
  bidād la'l-i labat bōsa'ē ba sad zārī
  girift kām-i dilam z-ō ba sad hazār ilhāh
  The ruby of your lips gave one kiss after a hundred laments;
  It took my heart's desire from them after a hundred thousand importunities.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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