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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَبْلَه (ʔablah).
Pronunciation
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ابله
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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аблаҳ
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| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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aḇlah
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| Dari reading?
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ablah
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| Iranian reading?
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ablah
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| Tajik reading?
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ablah
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Adjective
ابله • (ablah)
- dumb, stupid, feeble-minded
- Synonyms: احمق (ahmaq), خنگ (xeng)
- چقدر ابله هست ― čeqadr ablah hast ― he's such an idiot
Noun
ابله • (ablah) (plural ابلهان (ablahân) or ابلهها (ablah-hâ))
- idiot, fool; feeble-minded person
- Synonyms: احمق (ahmaq), خنگ (xeng)
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 418—9:ابلهی صیاد آن سایه شود
میدود چندان که بیمایه شود
بیخبر کان عکس آن مرغ هواست
بیخبر که اصل آن سایه کجاست- ablahē sayyād-i ān sāya šawad
mē-dawad čandān ki bē māya šawad
bē xabar k-ān aks-i ān murğ-i hawā-st
bē xabar ki asl-i ān sāya kujā-st - Some fool begins to chase the shadow, running so far that he becomes powerless,
Not knowing that it is the reflection of that bird in the air, not knowing where is the origin of the shadow.
Usage notes
- The original Arabic plural بُلْه (bolh) is never used as the plural "idiots" in Persian, but instead as a generic noun meaning "stupidity".
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: হাবলা (habola)