لاله
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla).
Noun
لاله • (lālh)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).
Noun
لاله • (lale) (definite accusative لالهیی (laleyi), plural لالهلر (laleler))
Declension
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Derived terms
- اشك لالهسی (eşek lalesi, “blue iris”)
- دلبند لالهسی (dülbend lalesi, “white tulip”)
- زغره لالهسی (zağra lalesi, “crocus”)
- عجم لالهسی (ʼacem lalesi, “Persian tulip”)
- كرید لالهسی (girid lalesi, “ranunculus”)
- لالهبرك (laleberk, “tulip petal”)
- لالهرخ (laleruh, “rosy-cheeked”)
- لالهزار (lalezar, “a tulip bed; a flowery mead”)
- لالهكون (lalegun, “red”, literally “tulip-colored”)
- لالهلك (lalelik, “tulip bed”)
- لالهلی (laleli, “containing or ornamented with tulips; name of a mosque in Istanbul”)
- مغنیسا لالهسی (mağnisa lalesi, “anemone”)
- پاس لالهسی (pas lalesi, “brown iris”)
Descendants
- Turkish: lale
- → Albanian: lale
- → Aromanian: lalei, lalee
- → Bulgarian: лале́ (lalé)
- → Greek: λαλές (lalés)
- → Macedonian: лале (lale)
- → Romanian: lalea
- → Serbo-Croatian: lála / ла́ла
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “لاله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 697
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “lale1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2934
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “لاله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 409b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “لاله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Tulipa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1700
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “لاله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4134
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “lale”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لاله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
لاله • (lala) (definite accusative لالهیی (lalayı), plural لالهلر (lalalar))
Descendants
- Turkish: lale
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “lale2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2934
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لاله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620
Persian
Etymology
Likely from لال (lâl, literally “red”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compared to Persian الاله (alâle, “Anemone”) and Persian آلاله (âlâle, “Ranunculus”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /laː.ˈla/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lɑː.lá]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.lá]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lāla |
| Dari reading? | lāla |
| Iranian reading? | lâle |
| Tajik reading? | lola |
Audio (Iran): (file) - Rhymes: -e
Noun
لاله • (lāla / lâle) (plural لالهها (lāla-hā / lâle-hâ), Tajik spelling лола)
- tulip
- 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “In the Presence of Shah-i Hamadan”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity][7]:
- ای لالہ صحرائی تنہا نتوانی سوخت
این داغ جگر تابی بر سینہ آدم زن- ay lāla-i sahrā'i tanhā na-tawāni sūxt
īn dāġ-i jigar tābī bar sīna-i ādam zan - Tulip of the wilderness, you cannot burn alone;
strike this heart- enflaming brand upon the breast of man
- ay lāla-i sahrā'i tanhā na-tawāni sūxt
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: لَعْلَع (laʕlaʕ)
- → Azerbaijani: lalə
- → Chagatai: لاله (lālh)
- → Gujarati: લાલો (lālo)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: لاله (lale)
- → Turkmen: läle
Proper noun
لاله • (lāla / lâle) (Tajik spelling Лола)
- a female given name, Laleh, Lala, Lale, Lalah, or Lola