مالیخولیا

Persian

Etymology

Misspelling of earlier (mâlenxuliyâ), from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.lu.xu.li.jɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.liː.xuː.li.jɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.li.χu.li.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mālīxūliyā
Dari reading^?	mālīxūliyā
Iranian reading^?	mâlixuliyâ
Tajik reading^?	molixuliyo

Noun

مالیخولیا • (mâlixuliyâ)

melancholy
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 222:
  گفت لاحول این چه مالیخولیاست
  ای عجب آن خادم مشفق کجاست‏
  guft lāhawl īn či mālīxūliyā-st
  ay 'ajab ān xādim-i mušfiq kujā-st
  “Good gracious!” he exclaimed, “what melancholy is this?
  Oh, where is that kindly servant?”

See also

ماخولیا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mālīxūliyā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Noun

مالیخولیا • (mālīxūlīyā) ?

melancholy

See also

ماخولیا (māxolyā)

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