مسیحا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (məšīḥāʾ), influenced by Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ). Doublet of (masih).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ma.siː.ˈhaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.siː.ɦɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.si.jɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.si.jɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.siː.ɦɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.si.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	masīhā
Dari reading^?	masīhā
Iranian reading^?	masihâ
Tajik reading^?	masiho

Noun

مسیحا • (masihâ)

messiah; (specifically) Jesus Christ
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 207:
  مرا اگرچه مسیحا بپای بوسه زدی
  بدست و پای سگان در تو خاک شدم
  ma-rā agarči masīhā ba-pāy bōsa zadē
  ba-dast u pā-yi sagān-i dar-i tō xāk šudam
  Even if Christ were to kiss me on the feet,
  I would become [as lowly as] earth on the feet of the dogs at your gate.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (masīhā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.siː.ɦɑː/

Noun

مَسِیحا • (masīhā) m (Hindi spelling मसीहा)

a messiah