الحاح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْحَاح (ʔilḥāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔil.ˈhɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.hɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.hɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel.hɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil.hɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ilhāh
Dari reading?	ilhāh
Iranian reading?	elhâh
Tajik reading?	ilhoh

Noun

الحاح • (elhâh)

1. importunity, soliciting
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 98”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     بداد لعل لبت بوسه‌ای به صد زاری
     گرفت کام دلم زو به صد هزار الحاح

     bidād la'l-i labat bōsa'ē ba sad zārī
     girift kām-i dilam z-ō ba sad hazār ilhāh

     The ruby of your lips gave one kiss after a hundred laments;
     It took my heart's desire from them after a hundred thousand importunities.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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