اصلاح

See also: إصلاح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْلَاح (ʔiṣlāḥ).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	islāh
Dari reading?	islāh
Iranian reading?	eslâh
Tajik reading?	isloh

Noun

اِصلاح • (eslâh)

1. correction, rectification
2. reform
3. reconciliation
4. dressing (the hair), shaving (the beard))
5. adjustment, settlement, clearing up
6. improvement
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 827:

     آتشی کاصلاح آهن یا زر است
     کی صلاح آبی و سیب تر است‏

     ātiš-ē k-islāh āhan yā zar ast
     kay salāh ābī u sēb-i tar ast

     The fire that does good to iron or gold —
     how is it good for fresh quinces and apples?

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْلَاح (ʔiṣlāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.lɑːɦ/

Noun

اِصْلاح • (islāh) f (Hindi spelling इस्लाह)

1. improvement, atonement, correction, emendation, modification, reform