سلیح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِلَاح (silāḥ), from an Arabic dialect with imāla. Compare Classical Persian ایمِن (ēmin) and لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic آمِن (ʔāmin) and لٰكِن (lākin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.ˈleːh], [sa.ˈleːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.léːʱ], [sä.léːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.léːʱ], [sä.léːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.léː], [sä.léː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.léː], [sä.léː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.líːʰ], [sæ.líːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.léʱ], [sä.léʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	silēh, salēh
Dari reading?	silēh, salēh
Iranian reading?	selih, salih
Tajik reading?	sileh, saleh

Noun

سلیح • (selêh or salêh)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of سِلاح (selâh, “weapon”)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سلیح”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul