لاله

See also: لالہ and لالە

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla).

Noun

لاله (transliteration needed)

1. tulip

Descendants

• Uyghur: لالە (lale)
• Uzbek: lola

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla).

Noun

لاله • (lale)

1. tulip
2. brightly colored wildflower

Descendants

• Turkish: lale
• → Albanian: lale
• → Aromanian: lalei, lalee
• → Bulgarian: лале́ (lalé)
• → Greek: λαλές (lalés)
• → Macedonian: лале (lale)
• → Romanian: lalea
• → Serbo-Croatian: lála / ла́ла

Etymology 2

Noun

لاله • (lala)

1. a heavy iron ring around the neck

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620

Persian

Etymology

Likely from لال (lâl, literally “red”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑː.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lāla
Dari reading?	lāla
Iranian reading?	lâle
Tajik reading?	lola

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• Rhymes: -e

Noun

لاله • (lâle) (plural لاله‌ها (lâle-hâ))

Dari	لاله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лола

1. tulip

Descendants

• → Arabic: لَعْلَع (laʕlaʕ)
• → Azerbaijani: lalə
• → Chagatai: لاله
  • Uyghur: لالە (lale)
  • Uzbek: lola
• → Gujarati: લાલો (lālo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: लाला (lālā)

  Urdu: لالہ (lāla)

• → Ottoman Turkish: لاله (lale)
  • Turkish: lale
  • → Albanian: lale
  • → Aromanian: lalei, lalee
  • → Bulgarian: лале́ (lalé)
  • → Greek: λαλές (lalés)
  • → Macedonian: лале (lale)
  • → Romanian: lalea
  • → Serbo-Croatian: lála / ла́ла
• → Turkmen: läle

Proper noun

Dari	لاله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Лола

لاله • (lâle)

1. a female given name, Lala, Laleh, Lale, Lola, or Lalah