حیله

See also: حيلة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِيلَة (ḥīla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hiː.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiː.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiː.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiː.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hīla
Dari reading?	hīla
Iranian reading?	hile
Tajik reading?	hila

Noun

حیله • (hile) (plural حیل (hiyal))

1. deception, fraud; trick; trickery

   Synonyms: فریب (farib), مکر (makr)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 320:

     کار مردان روشنی و گرمی است
     کار دونان حیله و بی‌‌شرمی است

     kār-i mardān rōšanī u garmī ast
     kār-i dūnān hīla u bē-šarmī ast

     The work of [holy] men is light and heat; the work of vile men is trickery and shamelessness.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)