چلیپا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܠܝܒܐ (ṣəlīḇā) or some other Aramaic form, perhaps via Sogdian ܨܠܝܒܐ (clybʾ, “Cross, crucifix”). Aramaic /ṣ/ is often borrowed as /č/ in Middle Iranian. Doublet of (salib).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.liː.ˈpaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.liː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.liː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.li.pʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.liː.pʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.li.pʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čalīpā
Dari reading^?	čalīpā
Iranian reading^?	čalipâ
Tajik reading^?	čalipo

Noun


Iranian Persian	چلیپا
Dari	چلیپا
Tajik	чалипо

چلیپا • (čalipâ)

cross, crucifix
Synonym: صلیب (salib)
something cruciform or crooked:
1. curl of hair
  Synonyms: زلف (zolf), طره (torre)
2. (calligraphy) Chalipa (calligraphic panel)
3. swastika
  Synonyms: صلیب شکسته (salib-e šekaste), سواستیکا (sevâstikâ)
4. (genetics) synonym of (kiyâsmâ, “chiasma”)

Adjective

چلیپا • (čalipâ)

cruciform, cross-like in shape
crooked, curly
- 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 131:
  هر که با زلف چلیپا عشق ورزیدن گرفت
  ترک تقوی کرد و راه بت پرستیدن گرفت
  har ki bā zulf-i čalīpā išq warzīdan girift
  tark-i taqwā kard u rāh-i but parastīdan girift
  Whoever has chosen to love curly locks of hair
  Has abandoned piety and chosen the road of idolatry.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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