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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شُعْلَة (šuʕla).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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šu'la
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Dari reading?
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šo'la
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Iranian reading?
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šo'le
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Tajik reading?
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šüʾla
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Noun
شعله • (šo'le) (plural شعلهها (šo'le-hâ))
- flame, blaze
- Synonym: زبانه (zabâne)
c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 44”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]:هر شب همی درخشد در گلستان
چون شعلههای آذر گلهای نار- har šab hamē diraxšad dar gulistān
čūn šu'la-hā-yi āḏar gul-hā-yi nāz - Every night in the rose garden, the coquettish roses would gleam like blazes of fire.
Descendants
Proper noun
شعله • (šo'le)
- a female given name, Shoele or Shole, from Arabic
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شعله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim