لاله
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla).
Noun
لاله (transliteration needed)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).
Noun
لاله • (lale) (definite accusative لاله‌یی (laleyi), plural لاله‌لر (laleler))
- tulip, any flowering plant of the genus Tulipa
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (by extension) any of various brightly colored wildflowers, such as the corn poppy or the blue iris
Derived terms
- اشك لاله‌سی (eşek lalesi, “blue iris”)
- دلبند لاله‌سی (dülbend lalesi, “white tulip”)
- زغره لاله‌سی (zağra lalesi, “crocus”)
- عجم لاله‌سی (ʼacem lalesi, “Persian tulip”)
- كرید لاله‌سی (girid lalesi, “ranunculus”)
- لاله‌برك (laleberk, “tulip petal”)
- لاله‌رخ (laleruh, “rosy-cheeked”)
- لاله‌زار (lalezar, “a tulip bed; a flowery mead”)
- لاله‌كون (lalegun, “red”, literally “tulip-colored”)
- لاله‌لك (lalelik, “tulip bed”)
- لاله‌لی (laleli, “containing or ornamented with tulips; name of a mosque in Istanbul”)
- مغنیسا لاله‌سی (mağnisa lalesi, “anemone”)
- پاس لاله‌سی (pas lalesi, “brown iris”)
Descendants
- Turkish: lale
- → Albanian: lale
- → Aromanian: lalei, lalee
- → Bulgarian: лале́ (lalé)
- → Greek: λαλές (lalés)
- → Macedonian: лале (lale)
- → Romanian: lalea
- → Serbo-Croatian: lála / ла́ла
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “لاله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 697
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lale1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2934
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “لاله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 409b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Tulipa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1700
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لاله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4134
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lale”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
لاله • (lala) (definite accusative لاله‌یی (lalayı), plural لاله‌لر (lalalar))
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lale2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2934
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620
Persian
Etymology
Likely from لال (lâl, literally “red”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /laː.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lɑː.lǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.lǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lāla |
| Dari reading? | lāla |
| Iranian reading? | lâle |
| Tajik reading? | lola |
Audio (Iran): (file) - Rhymes: -e
Noun
لاله • (lâle) (plural لاله‌ها)
| Dari | لاله |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | лола |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: لَعْلَع (laʕlaʕ)
- → Azerbaijani: lalə
- → Chagatai: لاله
- → Gujarati: લાલો (lālo)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: لاله (lale)
- → Turkmen: läle
Proper noun
| Dari | لاله |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Лола |
لاله • (lâle)
- a female given name, Laleh, Lala, Lale, Lalah, or Lola