والا
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic وَإِلَّا (wa-ʾillā). By surface analysis, و (va) + الا (ellâ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /wa.ʔil.ˈlaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wä.ʔɪl.lɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ve.ʔel.lɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vä.ʔil.lɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wa-illā |
| Dari reading? | wa-illā |
| Iranian reading? | ve-ellâ |
| Tajik reading? | va-illo |
Adverb
| Dari | والا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ваилло |
والا • (vâ-ellâ)
Etymology 2
Derived from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾl-ytn' /wāl-īdan/, “to grow, to prosper”), whence modern بالیدن (bâlidan, “to grow, to brag”). Doublet of بالا (bâlâ), derived with the same suffix from a different form of the same verb.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /waː.ˈlaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɑː.lɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [vɒː.lɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vɔ.lɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wālā |
| Dari reading? | wālā |
| Iranian reading? | vâlâ |
| Tajik reading? | volo |
Adjective
| Dari | والا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | воло |
والا • (vâlâ)
- high, exalted, great, eminent
- 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 70:
- بنگر بچرخ و کوکبه لشکر نجوم
کانها فروغ گوهر والای مسطفا- bingar ba-čarx u kawkaba-yi laškar-i nujūm
k-ānhā furūġ-i gawhar-i wālā-yi mustafā - Look at the firmament and the pomp of the astral host,
For they are a light from Muhammad's lofty essence.
- bingar ba-čarx u kawkaba-yi laškar-i nujūm
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “والا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim