موی‌لب

Persian

Etymology

From (mōy / muy, “hair”) +‎ (lab, “lip”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /moːj.ˈlab/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːj.läb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muːj.läb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊːj.läb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muːj.læb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵj.läb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mōylab
Dari reading^?	mōylab
Iranian reading^?	muylab
Tajik reading^?	müylab

Noun

موی‌لب • (mōy-lab / muy-lab) (Tajik spelling мӯйлаб)

moustache
Synonyms: سبیل (sibēl / sebil), بروت (burūt / borut)
- c. 1145–1221, Attar of Nishapur, “Ahmad ibn Harb”, in Tazkirat al-Awliya [Biographies of the Saints]:
  این احمد به صفتی بوده است که چندان ذکر بر وی غالب بود که مزین می‌خواست که موی‌لب او راست کند، او لب می‌جنبانید. گفتش: چندان توقف کن که این مویت راست کنم. گفتی: تو به شغل خویش مشغول باش. تا هر باری چند جای از لب او بریده شدی.
  īn ahmad ba sifatē būda ast ki čandān zikr bar way ġālib būd ki muzayyan mēxwāst ki mōy-lab-i ō rāst kunad, ō lab mējunbānīd. guftaš: čandān tawaqquf kun ki īn mōyat rāst kunam. guftē: tu ba šuġl-i xwēš mašġūl bāš. tā har bārē čand jāy az lab-i ō burrīda šudē.
  This Ahmad was a man so wrapped up in the recollection of God, that when the barber wished to trim his moustache he kept moving his lips. “Keep still just while I trim these hairs,” said the barber. “You busy yourself with your own affairs,” he answered. And each time the barber trimmed, some part of his lips was nicked.

Derived terms

موی‌لبدار (mōy-labdār / muy-labdâr, “moustached”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: موی‌لب (mwy-lb /⁠mōylä⁠b⁠/)
- Uzbek: moʻylov

References

S. Nazarzoda, A. Sanginov, M. Sultonov, S. Karimov, O. Qosimov, S. Matrobov (2018), “мӯйлаб”, in Фарҳанги тафсирии забони тоҷикӣ‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 1 (in Tajik), Dushanbe: Abuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, page 912