تله

Persian

Etymology

Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tlk' /⁠talag⁠/, “trap”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ˈla/, /tal.ˈla/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.lé], [t̪ʰæl.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	talá, tallá
Dari reading^?	tala, talla
Iranian reading^?	tala, talle
Tajik reading^?	tala, talla

Noun

تله • (tale or talle)

trap (e.g. for animals; also figurative)
Synonym: دام (dâm)

Derived terms

تله‌موش (tale-muš, “mousetrap”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tələ

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim