شعله

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic شُعْلَة (šuʕla).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? šu'la
    Dari reading? šo'la
    Iranian reading? šo'le
    Tajik reading? šü'la

    Noun

    شعله • (šo'le) (plural شعله‌ها)

    1. flame, blaze
      Synonym: زبانه (zabâne)
      • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 44”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎[1]:
        هر شب همی درخشد در گلستان
        چون شعله‌های آذر گل‌های نار
        har šab hamē diraxšad dar gulistān
        čūn šu'la-hā-yi āḏar gul-hā-yi nāz
        Every night in the rose garden, the coquettish roses would gleam like blazes of fire.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    Descendants

    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: शोला (śolā)
      Urdu: شُعْلَہ (śu'la)

    Proper noun

    شعله • (šo'le)

    1. a female given name, Shoele or Shole, from Arabic

    References

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