له
Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ sg (ljax, “a Pole”) and лѧхи pl (ljaxi, “Poland”), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ m sg (lęxŭ, “a Pole”) and лѧхове m pl (lęxove, “Poland”), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.
Derived terms
- لهستان (Lehistan)
Derived terms
- لهجه (lehce)
- لهلی (lehli)
Etymology 2
From Arabic لَهُ (lahu) (pronounced as لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-), possibly through Persian له (lah).
Prepositional phrase
له • (leh or lehü [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)
Derived terms
- لهنده (lehinde)
- لهنه (lehine)
- مَحْكُومٌ لَه (mahkûmün leh)
See also
- علیه (aleyh)
References
- Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “له”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 715a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “له”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “leh 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “له”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1084–1085
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “leh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2951
Persian
Derived terms
- لهیدن (lehidan)
Proper noun
له • (lah)
- Lech, the forefather of the Lechites, modern Poles and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic لَهُ (lahu, “to him”) (pronounced لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [lah]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [läʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lɔː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [læʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [läʱ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | lah |
Dari reading? | lah |
Iranian reading? | lah |
Tajik reading? | lah |
(when followed by the Arabic definite article):
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ˈla.hu]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lǽ.ɦʊ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lä.́ʊ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lä.́u]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lǽ.ɦo]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lǽ.ɦu]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | lahu |
Dari reading? | lahu |
Iranian reading? | laho |
Tajik reading? | lahu |
Prepositional phrase
Dari | لهُ or له |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | лаҳ or лаҳу |
لَه or لَهُ • (lah or laho [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)
Derived terms
- مَحْکُومٌ لَه (mahkumon lah)
See also
- علیه (aleyh)
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “له”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 773
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