آله

See also: أله‎, اله‎, إله‎, and آلة‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• اله‎ (aloh), آلوه‎ (âluh), الوه‎ (aluh), له‎ (loh), اوله‎ (awloh, owloh)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /āluh/, “eagle”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (ʾʾlwf /āluf/)). Compare Gilaki الوغ‎ (aluğ), Mazanderani اله‎ (alle), Northern Kurdish eylo / êlo, Central Kurdish ھەڵۆ‎ (hello), as well as արծուի (arcui).

From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥jifyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rǵ-i-pt-ió-s, from *h₂erǵ- (“white, glittering”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (ər^əzifiia).

Noun

Dari	آله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	олуҳ (oluh)

آله • (âloh)

1. (rare) eagle

Synonyms

• عقاب‎ (oqâb)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āluh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Noun

آله • (âle)

1. (Dari) Alternative form of آلت‎