تسلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسَلٍّ (tasallin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.sal.ˈlin]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lɪ́n]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lɪ́n]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lɪ́n]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.sæl.lén]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.säl.lín]

Readings
Classical reading?	tasallin
Dari reading?	tasallin
Iranian reading?	tasallen
Tajik reading?	tasallin

Noun

تسلی • (tasalli)

1. consolation, solace
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 174:

     گو بیا حال مرا بین که تسلیش شود
     هر که او بر دل پر حسرت مجنون گرید

     gō biyā hāl-i ma-rā bīn ki tasallīš šawad
     har ki ō bar dil-i pur hasrat-i majnūn giryad

     Say: "Come look at how I am!" For whoever weeps for a madman's yearning heart is a consolation for that [heart].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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