تسلیت

See also: تسلية

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسْلِيَة (tasliya, “consolation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tas.li.ˈjat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæs.li.jǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]

• Rhymes: -at

Readings
Classical reading?	taslīyat
Dari reading?	tasliyat
Iranian reading?	tasliyat
Tajik reading?	tasliyat

Noun

تسلیت • (tasliyat)

1. condolence; consolation

   ما به مردم آمریکا تسلیت می‌گوییم

   mâ be mardom-e âmrikâ tasliyat mi-guyim.

   We offer our condolences to the people of the United States.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تسلیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تسلیت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.