شمایل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمَائِل (šamāʔil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.mɑː.ˈjil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑː.jɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑː.jɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɑː.jɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔː.jíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.mɒː.jél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mɔ.jíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	šamāyil
Dari reading?	šamāyil
Iranian reading?	šamâyel
Tajik reading?	šamoyil

Noun

شمایل • (šamâyel)

1. good qualities, virtues

   شکل و شمایل ― šekl o šamâyel ― appearance and character [of a person]

2. (Christianity, Shia Islam) icon; visual representation of a holy figure

Further reading

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