ملیح

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ).

Adjective

ملیح • (melih) (feminine ملیحه (meliha))

  1. beautiful, pretty, cute
  2. gentle, civilized, well-mannered

Descendants

  • Turkish: Melih

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? malīh
Dari reading? malīh
Iranian reading? malih
Tajik reading? malih

Adjective

ملیح • (malih)

  1. beautiful, fair, pretty, graceful, lovely, elegant, handsome
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      شیوه و ناز تو شیرین خط و خال تو ملیح
      چشم و ابروی تو زیبا قد و بالای تو خوش
      šēwa u nāz-i tu šīrīn xat u xāl-i tu malīh
      čašm u abrū-yi tu zēbā qad u bālā-yi tu xwaš
      Your glances and flirting are sweet, your down of mustache and beauty mark are pretty,
      Your eyes and eyebrows are beautiful, your stature and height are pleasing.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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