معطلی

Persian

Etymology

From (mo'attal) +‎ (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ʔat.ta.ˈliː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔät̪.t̪ʰä.líː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wät̪.t̪ʰä.líː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wät̪.t̪ʰä.lí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʔæt̪.t̪ʰæ.líː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʔät̪.t̪ʰä.lí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mu'attalī
Dari reading^?	mo'attalī
Iranian reading^?	mo'attali
Tajik reading^?	mu'attali

Noun

معطلی • (mo'attali)

delay
Synonyms: تأخیر (ta'xir), درنگ (derang)

― bedun-e mo'attali ― without delay

Further reading

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