مصلحت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa).

Noun

مصلحت • (maslahat)

1. business; affair
2. the right thing to do
3. penis

Related terms

• مصلحتكذار (maslahatgüzar)

Descendants

• Turkish: maslahat
• → Armenian: մասլահաթ (maslahatʻ)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مصلحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1180
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مصلحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1880
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BpVFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA12

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.lä.ɦät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.lɑːät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.lɔːät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.læ.ɦæt̪]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	maslahat
Dari reading?	maslahat
Iranian reading?	maslahat
Tajik reading?	maslahat

Noun

Dari	مصلحت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маслаҳат

مَصلَحَت • (maslahat)

1. interest, benefit, advantage
2. advice, goodwill