لای

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Persian

Etymology 1

Noun

لای (lây)

  1. Alternative form of لا (, fold, ply etc.)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: lay

Etymology 2

Compare لجن (lajan, mud on the bottom; blockhead, stupid fellow), and Icelandic leðja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

لای (lây)

  1. dreg, sediment, dreck, mud
  2. valley between mountains
Descendants

Etymology 3

The stem of لائیدن (lâ'idan), لاییدن (lâyidan), better known as نالیدن (nâlidan, to talk idly; to complain, to talk snappishly; to moan, to groan, to whimper).

Noun

لای (lây)

  1. complain king, lamenter

Further reading

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لای”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “لای”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1077a-1078b