سلیح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِلَاح (silāḥ), from an Arabic dialect with imāla. Compare Classical Persian (ēmin) and (lēkin), from Arabic آمِن (ʔāmin) and لٰكِن (lākin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ˈleːh/, /sa.ˈleːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.léːʱ], [sä.léːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.léː], [sä.léː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.léː], [sä.léː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.líːʰ], [sæ.líːʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.léʱ], [sä.léʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	silēh, salēh
Dari reading^?	silēh, salēh
Iranian reading^?	selih, salih
Tajik reading^?	sileh, saleh

Noun

سلیح • (selêh or salêh)

(obsolete) alternative form of (selâh, “weapon”)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سلیح”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul