لای

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See also: لاي

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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لای (lây)

  1. Alternative form of لا (, fold, ply etc.)
Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: lay

Etymology 2

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Compare لجن (lajan, mud on the bottom; blockhead, stupid fellow), and Icelandic leðja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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لای (lây)

  1. dreg, sediment, dreck, mud
  2. valley between mountains
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Etymology 3

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The stem of لائیدن (lâ'idan), لاییدن (lâyidan), better known as نالیدن (nâlidan, to talk idly; to complain, to talk snappishly; to moan, to groan, to whimper).

Noun

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لای (lây)

  1. complain king, lamenter

Further reading

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لای”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “لای”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1077a-1078b