لالا
Khalaj
Noun
لالا (lâla) (definite accusative لالاݧ, plural لالالار)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | لالا | لالالار |
| genitive | لالاݧ | لالالارؽݧ |
| dative | لالاقا | لالالارقا |
| definite accusative | لالاݧ | لالالارؽ |
| locative | لالاچا | لالالارچا |
| ablative | لالادا | لالالاردا |
| instrumental | لالالا | لالالارلا |
| equative | لالاوارا | لالالاروارا |
Malay
Noun
لالا (plural لالا-لالا or لالا٢)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /laː.ˈlaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lɑː.lɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.lɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.lɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lālā |
| Dari reading? | lālā |
| Iranian reading? | lâlâ |
| Tajik reading? | lolo |
Etymology 1
Sound-symbolic; compare English lullaby, lull.
Noun
لالا • (lâlâ)
Interjection
لالا • (lâlâ)
- Used to hush a baby to sleep.
Derived terms
- لالایی (lâlâyi, “lullaby”)
Etymology 2
A nursery word probably originally referring to brothers; compare Baluchi لالا (lálá, “brother”), Pashto لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother), Punjabi لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother).
Alternative forms
- لاله (lāla / lâle)
Noun
لالا • (lâlâ)
- (archaic) tutor; especially, tutor of royal princes or other noble children
- (colloquial Dari) elder brother
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: lələ
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: لالا (lālā)
- → Khalaj: lâla
- → Ottoman Turkish: لالا (lâlâ)
- Turkish: lala
- → Ushojo: لالا
See also
واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Iranian Persian | Tehrani dialect | Abadani dialect | Kashani dialect | Shirazi dialect |
| mother | مادر (mâdar) | مامان (mâmân) | ننه (nene) | مامو (mâmo) | |
| grandmother | مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) | مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) | بی‌بی (bi-bi) | ماجون (mâjun) | بی‌بی (bi-bi) |
| father | پدر (pedar) | بابا (bâbâ) | دده (dede) | بابا (bâbâ) | بابو (bâbo) |
| grandfather | پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) | بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) | بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg)
آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg) | ||
| sister | خواهر (xâhar) | آبجی (âbji) | دده (dade) | — | آباجی (âbâji) |
| older sister | خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) | آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji) | — | باجی (bâji) | شاباجی (šâbâji) |
| brother | برادر (barâdar) | داداش (dâdâš) | کا (kâ) | وردار (vardâr) | کاکو (kâko)
داچی (dâčči) (younger brother) |
| older brother | برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) | — | آکاکو (âkâko) | ||
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xâle) | ||||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
دایی (dâyi) | خالو (xâlu) | — | دئی (do'i) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amme) | ||||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
عمو (amu) | آمو, عامو (âmu) | — | آمو, عامو (âmu) | |
| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect |
|---|---|---|---|
| mother | مادر (mādar) | ننه (nana) | آبه (āba) |
| grandmother | مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) | بی‌بی (bī-bī) | آجه (āja) بی‌بی (bī-bī) |
| father | پدر (padar) | بابا (bābā) | آته (āta) |
| grandfather | پدرکلان (padar-kalān) | باباجی (bābājī) آغا (āġā) |
بابا (bābā) |
| sister | خواهر (xāhar) | خوار (xwār, xār) | |
| older sister | خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) | — | آغا (āġā) باجی (bājī) |
| brother | برادر (barādar) | بیادر (biyādar) | برار (birār) |
| older brother | برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) | لالا (lālā) | |
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xāla) | ||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
ماما (māmā) | ماما (māmā) تغایی (taġāyī) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amma) | ||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
کاکا (kākā) | ||
- When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
- In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
- In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
لالا (lālā)