سحر حلال

Persian

Etymology

Literally, “halal (religiously permissible) sorcery”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈsih.ɾi ha.ˈlɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ́ɦ.ɾɪ hä.lɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ́ɦ.ɾɪ hä.lɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ́.ɾɪ ʔä.lɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sí.ɾi ʔä.lɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [séɦ.ɹe hæ.lɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [séɦ.ɾi hä.lɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	sihr-i halāl
Dari reading?	sehr-i halāl
Iranian reading?	sehr-e halâl
Tajik reading?	sehr-i halol

Noun

سحر حلال • (sehr-e halâl)

1. (poetic) poetic genius; poetry
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 100:

     چون سلیم از صفت چشم تو سرگردانم
     گرچه در شعر بسی سحر حلال است مرا

     čūn salīm az sifat-i čašm-i tō sargardānam
     garči dar ši'r basē sihr-i halāl ast ma-rā

     Like Selim, I am bedazzled by the quality of your eyes,
     Though there is much licit [literary] magic in my poetry.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)