مسا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈsɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.sɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.sɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.sɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.sɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.sɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	masā
Dari reading?	masā
Iranian reading?	masâ
Tajik reading?	maso

Noun

مسا • (masâ) (archaic)

1. evening

   Synonym: عصر (asr)

   Coordinate term: صباح (sabâh)

   • c. 1100, Masʿūd-i Saʿd-i Salmān, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان مسعود سعد سلمان‎^[1]:

     شد دیده تیره و نخورم غم ز بهر آنک
     روزم همه شب است و صباحم همه مسا

     šud dīda tīra u na-xwaram ğam zi bahr-i ān-k
     rōz-am hama šab ast u sabāh-am hama masā

     My eyes have gone dark, but I do not grieve from that because
     All my days are [as dark as] nights and all my mornings [as dark as] evenings

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sa/, [ˈma.sa]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

مسا • (masa) m

1. evening

See also

times of day: أوقات اليوم (ʔawʔāt il-yōm)edit

• فجر (fajr)
• صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye)
• صبح (ṣubḥ)
• نهار (nhār)
• ضهر (ḍuhr)
• عصر (ʕaṣr)
• مغرب (maḡreb)
• مسا (masa)
• ليل (lēl)