شعله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُعْلَة (šuʕla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃuʔ.ˈla]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ʔ.lǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.lǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː.lǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoʔ.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵʔ.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šu'la
Dari reading^?	šo'la
Iranian reading^?	šo'le
Tajik reading^?	šüʾla

Noun

شعله • (šo'le) (plural شعله‌ها (šo'le-hâ))

flame, blaze
Synonym: زبانه (zabâne)
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 44”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎:
  هر شب همی درخشد در گلستان
  چون شعله‌های آذر گل‌های نار
  har šab hamē diraxšad dar gulistān
  čūn šu'la-hā-yi āḏar gul-hā-yi nāz
  Every night in the rose garden, the coquettish roses would gleam like blazes of fire.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शोला (śolā)

Urdu: شُعْلَہ (śu'la)

Proper noun

شعله • (šo'le)

a female given name, Shoele or Shole, from Arabic

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شعله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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