حوصله

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْصَلة (ḥawṣala, “gizzard of a bird”), used figuratively.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	hawsala
Dari reading^?	hawsala
Iranian reading^?	howsele
Tajik reading^?	havsala

Noun


Iranian Persian	حوصله
Dari	حوصله
Tajik	ҳавсала

حوصله • (howsele)

patience; forbearance
Synonym: صبر (sabr)

(colloquial Iranian)
dâre howsele-am sar mi-re.
My patience is running out.
mood (to do something)
howsele-ye in kâr na-dârad.
He is not in the mood to do this.
scope (of the mind); range (of comprehension)

Derived terms

(impersonal verb) حوصله سر رفتن (howsele sar raftan, “to get bored”)
حوصله کسی را سر بردن (howsele-ye kasi râ sar bordan, “to bore someone”)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हौसला (hauslā, hausalā)

Urdu: حَوصَلَہ (hauslā, hausalā)
→ Punjabi: hauṉslā
Gurmukhi script: ਹੌਂਸਲਾ

Shahmukhi script: حونصلہ

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