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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ).
Adjective
ملیح • (melih) (feminine ملیحه (meliha))
- beautiful, pretty, cute
- gentle, civilized, well-mannered
Descendants
References
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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malīh
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| Dari reading?
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malīh
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| Iranian reading?
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malih
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| Tajik reading?
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malih
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Adjective
ملیح • (malih)
- 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.
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ملیح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim