لحظه

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lahza
Dari reading? lahza
Iranian reading? lahze
Tajik reading? lahza

Noun

لحظه • (lahze) (plural لحظه‌ها (lahze-hâ) or لحظات (lahazât))

  1. moment
    Synonyms: دم (dam), آن (ân)
    یه لحظه صبر کن ― ye lahze sabr kon ― Wait a moment
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      آن دم که با تو باشم یک سال هست روزی
      وان دم که بی تو باشم یک لحظه هست سالی
      ān dam ki bā tu bāšam yak sāl hast rōzē
      w-ān dam ki bē tu bāšam yak lahza hast sālē
      The little while that I am with you, one year is a day;
      The little while that I am not with you, one moment is a year.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: लहज़ा (lahzā)
    Urdu: لحظہ

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