شعله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُعْلَة (šuʕla).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ʔ.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ʔ.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoʔ.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵʔ.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šu'la
Dari reading?	šo'la
Iranian reading?	šo'le
Tajik reading?	šüʾla

Noun

شعله • (šo'le) (plural شعله‌ها (šo'le-hâ))

1. flame, blaze

   Synonym: زبانه (zabâne)

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 44”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     هر شب همی درخشد در گلستان
     چون شعله‌های آذر گل‌های نار

     har šab hamē diraxšad dar gulistān
     čūn šu'la-hā-yi āḏar gul-hā-yi nāz

     Every night in the rose garden, the coquettish roses would gleam like blazes of fire.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शोला (śolā)

  Urdu: شُعْلَہ (śu'la)

Proper noun

شعله • (šo'le)

1. a female given name, Shoele or Shole, from Arabic

References

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