تله

Persian

Etymology

Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tlk' /⁠talag⁠/, “trap”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ˈla], [tal.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.lé], [t̪ʰæl.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.lǽ], [t̪ʰäl.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tala, talla
Dari reading?	tala, talla
Iranian reading?	tala, talle
Tajik reading?	tala, talla

Noun

تله • (tale or talle)

1. trap (e.g. for animals; also figurative)

   Synonym: دام (dâm)

Derived terms

• تله‌موش (tale-muš, “mousetrap”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tələ

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim