صله

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِلَة (ṣila).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sila
Dari reading? sila
Iranian reading? sele
Tajik reading? sila

Noun

صله (sele) (plural صلات (selât))

  1. link, bond, affinity, relationship
  2. prize given to a poem
    • c. 1156, Nizāmī Arūzī, چهار مقاله:
      از عقب یک دختر بیش نداشت و شاهنامه بنظم همی کرد و همه امید او آن بود که از صلهٔ آن کتاب جهاز آن دختر بسازد.
      az aqab yak duxtar bēš na-dāšt u šāhnāma ba nazm hamē kardand u hama ummēd-i ō ān būd ki az sila-yi ān kitāb jahāz-i ān duxtar bisāzad.
      He had no children other than a daughter. He was versifying the Book of Kings, and all his hopes were that he could buy the trousseau for that daughter with the prize money from the book.
      (Classical Persian romanization)