لیلی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Leylī or Laylī is a spelling pronunciation. The original Arabic pronunciation is now written لیلا (leylâ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /laj.ˈlaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [läj.líː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lej.líː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [läj.lí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | laylā |
| Dari reading? | laylī |
| Iranian reading? | leyli |
| Tajik reading? | layli |
Proper noun
| Dari | لیلی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Лайлӣ |
لیلی • (leyli)
- a female given name from Arabic
- The heroine of the romance Layla and Majnun.
See also
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَیلیٰ (laylā), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi لیلیٰ (lyly /lailā/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɛː.lɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: لَی‧لیٰ
Proper noun
لَیلیٰ • (lailā) f (Hindi spelling लैला)
- a female given name, Layla or Laila, equivalent to English Leila
- (fiction) Layla al-Aamiriya (the heroine of the romance Layla and Majnun.)
Adjective
لَیلیٰ • (lailā) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling लैला)
Noun
لَیلیٰ • (lailā) f (Hindi spelling लैला)
- Juliet (a woman who is with a great lover.)
References
Further reading
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لیلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 554
- “لیلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “لیلی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC