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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَحْظَة (laḥẓa).
Pronunciation
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lahza
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lahza
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lahze
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lahza
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Noun
لحظه • (lahze) (plural لحظهها (lahze-hâ) or لحظات (lahazât))
- 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: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.
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Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لحظه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim