سحر حلال

Persian

Etymology

Literally, “halal (religiously permissible) sorcery”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈsih.ɾi ha.ˈlaːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ́ɦ.ɾɪ hä.lɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ́.ɾɪ ʔä.lɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sí.ɾi ʔä.lɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [séɦ.ɹe hæ.lɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [séɦ.ɾi hä.lɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	síhr-i halā́l
Dari reading^?	sehr-i halāl
Iranian reading^?	sehr-e halâl
Tajik reading^?	seh-i halol

Noun

سحر حلال • (sehr-e halâl)

(poetic) poetic genius; poetry
- 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 100:
  چون سلیم از صفت چشم تو سرگردانم
  گرچه در شعر بسی سحر حلال است مرا
  čūn salīm az sifat-i čašm-i tō sargardānam
  garči dar ši'r basē sihr-i halāl ast ma-rā
  Like Selim, I am bedazzled by the quality of your eyes,
  Though there is much licit [literary] magic in my poetry.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)