دلیل
See also: دليل
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]دلیل • (delil) (plural ادله (edille) or دلائل (delail))
- indicium, argument, piece of evidence
- guide, who shows the way, pilot
- a kind of cavalryman in the ancient Ottoman army
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: delil
Further reading
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “delil”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /da.ˈliːl/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.liːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.lil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dalīl |
| Dari reading? | dalīl |
| Iranian reading? | dalil |
| Tajik reading? | dalil |
Noun
[edit]دلیل • (dalil)
- reason, cause
- proof, evidence
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2085:
- نفرت خفاشکان باشد دلیل، که منم خورشید تابان جلیل
- nafrat-i xuffāšakān bāšad dalīl, ki manam xwaršīd-i tābān-i jalīl
- The disgust of the wretched bats is a proof that I am the shining glorious sun.
- argument
- guide (one who shows the way)
Descendants
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