لل‍ه

See also: لله

Persian

Etymology

A nursery word probably originally referring to brothers or friend; as an alteration of Persian (lālā / lâlâ, “brother, male dry nurse”).^[1] Compare Baluchi (lálá, “brother”), Pashto لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother), Punjabi لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /la.ˈla/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.lä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.lä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.lä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.le]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.lä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lala
Dari reading^?	lala
Iranian reading^?	lale
Tajik reading^?	lala

Noun

لل‍ه • (lala / lale) (Tajik spelling лала)

male dry nurse or tutor of an elite, such as (historical) a shahzada, or noble's son
1. (by extension) male dry nurse or tutor

Coordinate terms

دده (dada / dade), دایه (dāya / dâye)

References

^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

[1] Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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