چلیپا

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܠܝܒܐ (ṣəlīḇā) or some other Aramaic form, perhaps via Sogdian ܨܠܝܒܐ (clybʾ, Cross, crucifix). Aramaic /ṣ/ is often borrowed as /č/ in Middle Iranian. Doublet of صلیب (salib).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čalīpā
Dari reading? čalīpā
Iranian reading? čalipâ
Tajik reading? čalipo

Noun

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چلیپا (čalipâ)

  1. cross, crucifix
    Synonym: صلیب (salib)
  2. something cruciform or crooked:
    1. curl of hair
      Synonyms: زلف (zolf), طره (torre)
    2. (calligraphy) Chalipa (calligraphic panel)
    3. swastika
      Synonyms: صلیب شکسته (salib-e šekaste), سواستیکا (sevâstikâ)
    4. (genetics) Synonym of کیاسما (kiyâsmâ, chiasma)

Adjective

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چلیپا (čalipâ)

  1. cruciform, cross-like in shape
  2. crooked, curly
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 131:
      هر که با زلف چلیپا عشق ورزیدن گرفت
      ترک تقوی کرد و راه بت پرستیدن گرفت
      har ki bā zulf-i čalīpā išq warzīdan girift
      tark-i taqwā kard u rāh-i but parastīdan girift
      Whoever has chosen to love curly locks of hair
      Has abandoned piety and chosen the road of idolatry.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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