تیله

Persian

Etymology

Of Iranic origin; perhaps entered standard Persian as a dialectal form or from another Iranian language.

Compare Classical Persian دیده (dīda, “iris, eye”), Middle Persian tytk' (*tīdag, “pupil”), and Baluchi تیلگ (tilag, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [teː.la]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.lä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.lä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.lä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.lä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.le]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰe.lä]

Readings
Classical reading?	tēla
Dari reading?	tēla
Iranian reading?	tile
Tajik reading?	tela

Noun

تیله • (tile)

1. marble
2. (poetic, dialectal) eye, pupil

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: تيلة (tīla)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تیله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tytk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83