نهال
Persian
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nhʾl /nihāl/, “sapling”), equivalent to نه (neh-) + ـال (-âl).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ni.ˈhɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɦɒ́ːl̥], [næ.ɦɒ́ːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɦɔ́l]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nihāl |
Dari reading? | nehāl |
Iranian reading? | nehâl, nahâl |
Tajik reading? | nihol |
Noun
editDari | نهال |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ниҳол |
نهال • (nehâl or nahâl)
- sapling, shoot
- Synonym: دِرَختچه (deraxtče)
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی[1]:
- عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب
خوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست- ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
xoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ğam nist - The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;
It is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.
- ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
- seedling
- (poetic) child
Derived terms
edit- نهالستان (nehâlestân)
- نهالنشانی (nehâl-nešâni, “tree planting, forestation”)
References
edit- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press