نهال

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nhʾl /⁠nihāl⁠/, “sapling”), equivalent to (neh-) +‎ (-âl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ni.ˈhaːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒ́ːl̥], [næ.ɦɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nihāl
Dari reading^?	nehāl
Iranian reading^?	nehâl, nahâl
Tajik reading^?	nihol

Noun


Iranian Persian	نهال
Dari	نهال
Tajik	ниҳол

نهال • (nehâl or nahâl)

sapling, shoot
Synonym: دِرَختچه (deraxtče)
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[1]:
  عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب
  خوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست
  ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
  xoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ġam nist
  The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;
  It is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.
seedling
(poetic) child

Derived terms

نهالستان (nehâlestân)
نهال‌نشانی (nehâl-nešâni, “tree planting, forestation”)

References

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