حوصله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْصَلة (ḥawṣala, “gizzard of a bird”), used figuratively.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.sä.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.sä.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.sä.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.sä.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.se.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.sä.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawsala
Dari reading?	hawsala
Iranian reading?	howsele
Tajik reading?	havsala

Noun

Dari	حوصله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳавсала

حوصله • (howsele)

1. patience; forbearance

   Synonym: صبر (sabr)

   داره حوصله‌ام سر می‌ره. (colloquial Iranian)

   dâre howsele-am sar mi-re.

   My patience is running out.

2. mood (to do something)

   حوصلهٔ این کار ندارد.

   howsele-ye in kâr na-dârad.

   He is not in the mood to do this.

3. scope (of the mind); range (of comprehension)

Derived terms

• (impersonal verb) حوصله سر رفتن (howsele sar raftan, “to get bored”)
• حوصله کسی را سر بردن (howsele-ye kasi râ sar bordan, “to bore someone”)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हौसला (hauslā, hausalā)

  Urdu: حَوصَلَہ (hauslā, hausalā)

• → Punjabi: hauṉslā

  Gurmukhi script: ਹੌਂਸਲਾ

  Shahmukhi script: حونصلہ