ابله

See also: أبله, أبلة, اتله, and ابلہ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبْلَه (ʔablah).

Pronunciation

Dari	ابله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аблаҳ

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaβ.ˈlah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lǽʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lǽʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæb.lǽʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lǽʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḇlah
Dari reading?	ablah
Iranian reading?	ablah
Tajik reading?	ablah

Adjective

ابله • (ablah)

1. dumb, stupid, feeble-minded

   Synonyms: احمق (ahmaq), خنگ (xeng)

   چقدر ابله هست ― čeqadr ablah hast ― he's such an idiot

Noun

ابله • (ablah) (plural ابلهان (ablahân) or ابله‌ها (ablah-hâ))

1. idiot, fool; feeble-minded person

   Synonyms: احمق (ahmaq), خنگ (xeng)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 418—9:

     ابلهی صیاد آن سایه شود
     می‌‌دود چندان که بی‌‌مایه شود
     بی‌‌خبر کان عکس آن مرغ هواست
     بی‌‌خبر که اصل آن سایه کجاست

     ablahē sayyād-i ān sāya šawad
     mē-dawad čandān ki bē māya šawad
     bē xabar k-ān aks-i ān murğ-i hawā-st
     bē xabar ki asl-i ān sāya kujā-st

     Some fool begins to chase the shadow, running [after it] so far that he becomes powerless,
     Not knowing that it is the reflection of that bird in the air, not knowing where is the origin of the shadow.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Usage notes

• The original Arabic plural بُلْه (bolh) is never used as the plural "idiots" in Persian, but instead as a generic noun meaning "stupidity".

Derived terms

• ابلهانه (ablahâne)
• ابلهی (ablahi)

Descendants

• → Bengali: হাবলা (habola)