یاوه

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jaː.ˈwa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.wä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.wä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.wä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jɒː.ve]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jɔ.vä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	yāwa
Dari reading^?	yāwa
Iranian reading^?	yâve
Tajik reading^?	yova

Noun


Iranian Persian	یاوه
Dari	یاوه
Tajik	ёва

یاوه • (yâve)

idle talk, nonsense

Adjective

یاوه • (yâve) (comparative یاوه‌تَر, superlative یاوه‌تَرین)

absurd, foolish
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3254:
  عکس حکمت آن شقی را یاوه کرد
  خود مبین تا بر نیارد از تو گرد
  'aks-i-hakmat ān šaqī rā yāwa kard
  xôd ma-bīn tā bar nayārd az tū gard
  The reflexion of Wisdom led astray that miserable one:
  be not self-conceited, lest it ( raise up the dust from you.
vain, futile, idle

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: یاوه

References

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