تسلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسَلٍّ (tasallin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.sal.ˈlin/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lɪ́n]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lɪ́n]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.sæl.lén]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tasallin
Dari reading^?	tasallin
Iranian reading^?	tasallen
Tajik reading^?	tasallin

Noun

تسلی • (tasalli)

consolation, solace
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 174:
  گو بیا حال مرا بین که تسلیش شود
  هر که او بر دل پر حسرت مجنون گرید
  gō biyā hāl-i ma-rā bīn ki tasallīš šawad
  har ki ō bar dil-i pur hasrat-i majnūn giryad
  Say: "Come look at how I am!" For whoever weeps for a madman's yearning heart is a consolation for that [heart].
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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