شمایل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمَائِل (šamāʔil).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.maː.ˈjil/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑː.jɪ́l]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑː.jɪ́l]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔː.jíl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.mɒː.jél̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔ.jíl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šamāyil
Dari reading^?	šamāyil
Iranian reading^?	šamâyel
Tajik reading^?	šamoyil

Noun

شمایل • (šamâyel)

good qualities, virtues
― šekl o šamâyel ― appearance and character [of a person]
(Christianity, Shia Islam) icon; visual representation of a holy figure

Further reading

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