صله
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صِلَة (ṣila).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /si.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪ.lǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.lǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sila |
| Dari reading? | sila |
| Iranian reading? | sele |
| Tajik reading? | sila |
Noun
صله • (sele) (plural صلات (selât))
- link, bond, affinity, relationship
- prize given to a poem
- c. 1156, Nizāmī Arūzī, چهار مقاله [The Four Discourses][1]:
- از عقب یک دختر بیش نداشت و شاهنامه بنظم همی کرد و همه امید او آن بود که از صلهٔ آن کتاب جهاز آن دختر بسازد.
- az aqab yak duxtar bēš na-dāšt u šāhnāma ba nazm hamē kardand u hama ummēd-i ō ān būd ki az sila-yi ān kitāb jahāz-i ān duxtar bisāzad.
- He had no children other than a daughter. He was versifying the Book of Kings, and all his hopes were that he could buy the trousseau for that daughter with the prize money from the book.