کلیسا

Persian

Alternative forms

کلیسیا (kalīsiyā / kelisiyâ), کلسیا (kalisiyā / kalesiyâ), کلیسه (kilīsa / kelise)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía), from ἔκκλητος (ékklētos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.liː.ˈsaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liː.sɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liː.sɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.li.sɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲe.liː.sɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.li.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kalīsā
Dari reading^?	kalīsā
Iranian reading^?	kelisâ
Tajik reading^?	kaliso

Noun

کلیسا • (kalīsā / kelisâ) (plural کلیساها (kalīsā-hā / kelisâ-hâ), Tajik spelling калисо)

church
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 163:
  یار چون باشد شفیق و شیشه در پهلو رفیق
  گر کلیسا باشد از خلد برین بهتر بود
  yār čūn bāšad šafīq u šīša dar pahlū rafīq
  gar kalīsā bāšad az xuld-i barīn bihtar buwad
  When the beloved is affectionate and the wine-glass is a companion by my side,
  Even if it is a church, it is better than the highest paradise.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

Tajik: калисо (kaliso)
→ Bakhtiari: کلسیا (kalesiyâ)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: कलीसिया (kalīsiyā), कलीसा (kalīsā)

Urdu: کلیسیا (kalīsiyā), کلیسا (kalīsā)