مالیخولیا

Persian

Etymology

Misspelling of earlier مالنخولیا (mâlenxuliyâ), from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.liː.xuː.li.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.lu.xu.li.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.liː.xuː.li.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.li.χu.li.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mālīxūliyā
Dari reading?	mālīxūliyā
Iranian reading?	mâlixuliyâ
Tajik reading?	molixuliyo

Noun

مالیخولیا • (mâlixuliyâ)

1. melancholy
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 222:

     گفت لاحول این چه مالیخولیاست
     ای عجب آن خادم مشفق کجاست

     guft lāhawl īn či mālīxūliyā-st
     ay 'ajab ān xādim-i mušfiq kujā-st

     “Good gracious!” he exclaimed, “what melancholy is this?
     Oh, where is that kindly servant?”

See also

• ماخولیا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مالیخولیا (mālīxūliyā), ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Noun

مالیخولیا • (mālīxūlīyā) ?

1. melancholy

See also

• ماخولیا (māxolyā)