سیاه کاسه
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- سیه کاسه (siyah kâse) (poetic, for metrical purposes)
Etymology
[edit]From سیاه (siyâh, “black”) + کاسه (kâse, “bowl, cup, vessel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.jɑːh kɑː.sa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [si.jɒːʱ kʰɒː.se]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.jɔʱ kʰɔ.sä]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | siyāh kāsa |
Dari reading? | siyāh kāsa |
Iranian reading? | siyâh kâse |
Tajik reading? | siyoh kosa |
Noun
[edit]- (poetic, figurative) miser, niggard
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez][1]:
- برو از خانهٔ گردون به در و نان مطلب
کان سیه کاسه در آخر بکشد مهمان را- biraw az xâna-yi gardûn ba dar u nân ma-talab
k-ân siyah kâsa dar âxir bikušad mihmân râ - Go forth from heaven’s house to the door, and ask for no bread,
For that miser will, in the end, slay his guest.
- biraw az xâna-yi gardûn ba dar u nân ma-talab