مرثیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.si.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	marsiya
Dari reading?	marsiya
Iranian reading?	marsiye
Tajik reading?	marsiya

Noun

مرثیه • (marsiye) (plural مرثیه‌ها (marsiye-hâ) or مراثی (marâsi))

1. lament, elegy

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مرثیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim