مرثیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maɾ.si.ˈja/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.si.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	marsīya
Dari reading^?	marsiya
Iranian reading^?	marsiye
Tajik reading^?	marsiya

Noun

مرثیه • (marsiye) (plural مرثیه‌ها, or مراثی (marâsi))

lament, elegy

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مرثیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim