شهلة

See also: شهله

Arabic

Root
ش ه ل (š h l)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuh.la/

Noun

شُهْلَة • (šuhla) f (obsolete)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. a tinge of blueness or redness in the black of the eye
   2. dark blue with a reddish lustre
   3. brownish/tawny color
   • d. c. 1048, Abu al-Walid al-Himyari, Kitab al-badi fi wasf al-rabi, (quoting Ibn Faraj al-Jayyani):

     كأكؤس فضة فيها ‖ نفايا شهلة الخمر

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • d. 1209, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Al-Firasa:

     أفضل ألوان العين الشهلة لأنها لون متوسط بين السواد و بين الزرقة والخضرة

     • 1999 translation by James Nathan Ford

       The best color of eyes is the brownish/tawny color, since it is an intermediate color between black (on one hand) and blue and green (on the other).

Declension

Declension of noun شُهْلَة (šuhla)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُهْلَة šuhla	الشُّهْلَة aš-šuhla	شُهْلَة šuhlat
nominative	شُهْلَةٌ šuhlatun	الشُّهْلَةُ aš-šuhlatu	شُهْلَةُ šuhlatu
accusative	شُهْلَةً šuhlatan	الشُّهْلَةَ aš-šuhlata	شُهْلَةَ šuhlata
genitive	شُهْلَةٍ šuhlatin	الشُّهْلَةِ aš-šuhlati	شُهْلَةِ šuhlati

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃah.la/

Adjective

شَهْلَة • (šahla)

1. (of a woman) middle-aged, intelligent; old

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: شهله (şehle)