کامل العیار

Persian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic كَامِلُ ٱلعِيارِ (kāmilu l-ʕiyāri).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.mi.lul.ʔi.ˈjaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.mɪ.lʊl.ʔi.jǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.mɪ.lʊl.ʔi.jǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.mɪ.lʊ.li.jǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.mu.lu.li.jǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.me.lol.ʔe.jǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.mi.lul.ʔi.jǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāmilu-l-'iyar
Dari reading?	kāmilu-l-'iyar
Iranian reading?	kâmelo-l-'eyar
Tajik reading?	komilu-l-ʾiyar

Adjective

کامل العیار • (kâmelo l-'eyâr)

1. sterling, of a high grade of purity
   • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     در هند گشت خطبه اثناعشر بلند
     شد کامل العیار زر از نام هشت و چار

     dar hind gašt xutba-yi isnā'ašar boland
     šud kāmilu l-'iyār zar az nām-i hašt u čār

     In India, the Friday sermon for the Twelve [Imams of Shi'ism] became lofty;
     Gold became sterling thanks to the Eight and Four.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

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