کامل العیار

Persian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic كَامِلُ ٱلعِيارِ (kāmilu l-ʕiyāri).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaː.mi.lul.ʔi.ˈjaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.mɪ.lʊl.ʔi.jǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.mɪ.lʊ.li.jǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.mu.lu.li.jǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.me.lol.ʔe.jǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.mi.lul.ʔi.jǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kāmilu-l-'iyar
Dari reading^?	kāmilu-l-'iyar
Iranian reading^?	kâmelo-l-'eyar
Tajik reading^?	komilu-l-'iyar

Adjective

کامل العیار • (kâmelo l-'eyâr)

sterling, of a high grade of purity
- c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:
  در هند گشت خطبه اثناعشر بلند
  شد کامل العیار زر از نام هشت و چار
  dar hind gašt xutba-yi isnā'ašar boland
  šud kāmilu l-'iyār zar az nām-i hašt u čār
  In India, the Friday sermon for the Twelve [Imams of Shi'ism] became lofty;
  Gold became sterling thanks to the Eight and Four.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

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