تسلیت
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَسْلِيَة (tasliya, “consolation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tas.li.ˈjat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæs.li.jǽt̪ʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäs.li.ját̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | taslīyat |
| Dari reading? | tasliyat |
| Iranian reading? | tasliyat |
| Tajik reading? | tasliyat |
Noun
تسلیت • (tasliyat)
- condolence; consolation
- ما به مردم آمریکا تسلیت میگوییم
- mâ be mardom-e âmrikâ tasliyat mi-guyim.
- We offer our condolences to the people of the United States.
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تسلیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تسلیت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.