لولی

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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 (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1106a
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