شپلیدن
Persian
Alternative forms
- شپیلیدن (šepilidan, šapilidan)
Etymology
By surface analysis, شپل (šepel, šapel, “whistle”) + ـیدن (idan). Compare Pashto شپېلل (špelǝ́l, “to whistle; to suck”).
Verb
شپلیدن • (šepelidan, šapelidan) (present stem شپل (šepel, šapel))
- (obsolete) to whistle
- Synonym: سوت زدن (sut zadan)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شپلیدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press