تلبیس

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلْبِيس (talbīs).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? talbīs
Dari reading? talbīs
Iranian reading? talbis
Tajik reading? talbis
Dari تلبیس
Iranian Persian
Tajik таблис

Noun

تلبیس (tablis) (plural تلبیسات (tablisât))

  1. fraud, imposture
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 254:
      هر که در دنیا خورد تلبیس دیو
      و ز عدوی دوست رو تعظیم و ریو
      har ki dar dunyā xwarad tablīs-i dēw
      u za 'adū-i dōst rō ta'zīm u rēw
      Whoever swallows the Devil's imposture in this world
      and (swallows) veneration and deceit from the foe that has the face (semblance) of a friend
  2. guile, disguise

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