لولی

Persian

Etymology

Compare Persian لولیدن (lulidan, “to writhe, toss”, in particular in bed).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [loː.ˈliː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [loː.líː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [loː.líː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [loː.líː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.lí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.líː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɵ.lí]

Readings
Classical reading?	lōlī
Dari reading?	lōlī
Iranian reading?	luli
Tajik reading?	lüli

Noun

لولی • (luli)

1. fille de joie

Derived terms

• لولی فلک (luli-ye falak, “evening star, Venus”)

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “لولی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1106a