اسلیمی

Persian

اسلیمی

Etymology

From اسلامی (eslâmi, “Islamic”). Compare مزیح (mezih) (from مزاح (mezâh)) and سلیح (selih) (from سلاح (selâh)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.leː.miː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.leː.miː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.leː.miː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.leː.miː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.li.mi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.liː.miː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.le.mi]

Readings
Classical reading?	islēmī
Dari reading?	islēmī
Iranian reading?	eslimi
Tajik reading?	islemi

Noun

اسلیمی • (eslimi, eslêmi) (plural اسلیمی‌ها (eslimi-hâ))

1. arabesque

   Synonyms: (archaic) اسلیم خطائی (eslim xatâ'i), (archaic) اسلیمی خطائی (eslimi xatâ'i), (archaic, rare) بند رومی (band-e rumi, literally “Roman knot”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: İslimi