مرثیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mar.si.ˈja/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.já]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.já]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.já]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.si.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.si.já]

Readings
Classical reading^?	marsīya
Dari reading^?	marsiya
Iranian reading^?	marsiye
Tajik reading^?	marsiya

Noun

مرثیه • (marsiya / marsiye) (plural مرثیه‌ها (marsiya-hā / marsiye-hâ), or مراثی (marâsi), Tajik spelling марсия)

lament, elegy

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مرثیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “مرثیه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.