نرگس شهلا

See also: نرگس شہلا and نرګس شهلا

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَرْگِسِ شَهْلَا (nargis-i šahlā).

Noun

نَرگِسِ شَهلا (transliteration needed)

1. See نرگس شهلا.
   • Ali-Shir Navai, Badai ul-Vasat 29.1
   • Ali-Shir Navai, Badai ul-Vasat 88.1
   • Ali-Shir Navai, Hayrat ul-Abrar 33
   • Ali-Shir Navai, Hayrat ul-Abrar 48
   • Ali-Shir Navai, Navadir ush-Shabab 564.6
   • Bairam Khan, The Persian and Turki Divans 2.1.14

Descendants

• Uzbek: nargisi shahlo

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَرْگِسِ شَهْلَا (nargis-i šahlā).

Noun

نَرگِسِ شَهلا • (nergis-i şehla)

1. See نرگس شهلا.
   • İbrahim Şâhidî, Tuhfe-i Şâhidî :

     Lüʾlü-i terdür dişün lāle-i ḥamrā yüzüñ
     ʿAnber-i sārā ṣaçuñ nergis-i şehlā gözüñ

   • Bâkî :

     Bir dil-sitâne döndi bu gün şahn-ı gülsitân
     Kad serv ü çeşm nergis-i şehlâ ‘izâr gül

Descendants

• Turkish: nergis-i şehla

Persian

FWOTD – 11 January 2020

Etymology

Ezafe of نرگس (narges, “narcissus”) + شهلا (šahlâ, “dark blue mixed with red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naɾ.ɡi.si ʃah.lɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.ɡɪ.sɪ ʃäɦ.lɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.ɡɪ.sɪ ʃäɦ.lɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näɾ.ɡɪ.sɪ ʃɑː.lɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näɾ.ɡi.si ʃɔː.lɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɹ.ɡʲe.se ʃæɦ.lɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näɾ.ɡi.si ʃäɦ.lɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nargis-i šahlā
Dari reading?	nargis-i šahlā
Iranian reading?	narges-e šahlâ
Tajik reading?	nargis-i šahlo

Noun

Dari	نرگس شهلا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	наргиси шаҳло

نرگس شهلا • (narges-e šahlâ) (plural نرگس‌های شهلا (narges-hâ-ye šahlâ))

1. a reddish-blue narcissus, poet's daffodil
2. (metonymically, poetic) the eye(s) of a mistress
   • Khaqani :

     بر سقف چرخ نرگسه داری هزار صف
     از بند آن دو نرگس شهلا چه خواس

   • Saadi Shirazi :

     سر به بالین عدم بازنه ای نرگس مست
     که ز خواب سحر آن نرگس شهلا برخاست

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nərgisi-şəhla
• → Chagatai: نَرگِسِ شَهلا
  • Uzbek: nargisi shahlo
• → Ottoman Turkish: نَرگِسِ شَهلا (nergis-i şehla)
  • Turkish: nergis-i şehla
• → Pashto: نرګس شهلا
• → Urdu: نَرْگِسِ شَہْلا (nargis-i śahlā)