صله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِلَة (ṣila).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sila
Dari reading?	sila
Iranian reading?	sele
Tajik reading?	sila

Noun

صله • (sele) (plural صلات (selât))

1. link, bond, affinity, relationship
2. prize given to a poem
   • c. 1156, Nizāmī Arūzī, چهار مقاله [The Four Discourses]‎^[1]:

     از عقب یک دختر بیش نداشت و شاهنامه بنظم همی کرد و همه امید او آن بود که از صلهٔ آن کتاب جهاز آن دختر بسازد.

     az aqab yak duxtar bēš na-dāšt u šāhnāma ba nazm hamē kardand u hama ummēd-i ō ān būd ki az sila-yi ān kitāb jahāz-i ān duxtar bisāzad.

     He had no children other than a daughter. He was versifying the Book of Kings, and all his hopes were that he could buy the trousseau for that daughter with the prize money from the book.

     (Classical Persian romanization)