شپلیدن

Persian

Alternative forms

• شپیلیدن (šepilidan, šapilidan)

Etymology

By surface analysis, شپل (šepel, šapel, “whistle”) +‎ ـیدن (idan). Compare Pashto شپېلل (špelǝ́l, “to whistle; to suck”).

Verb

شپلیدن • (šepelidan, šapelidan) (present stem شپل (šepel, šapel))

1. (obsolete) to whistle

   Synonym: سوت زدن (sut zadan)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شپلیدن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press