وهله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wah.ˈla/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäɦ.lǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.lǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væɦ.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väɦ.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wahla
Dari reading^?	wahla
Iranian reading^?	vahle
Tajik reading^?	vahla

Noun

وهله • (vahle)

moment, instant
Synonym: لحظه (lahze)

Further reading

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