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Arabic
Preposition
لَهُ • (lahu )
third-person singular masculine of لِـ ( li- )
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ sg ( ljax , “ a Pole ” ) and лѧхи pl ( ljaxi , “ Poland ” ) , from Old East Slavic лѧхъ m sg ( lęxŭ , “ a Pole ” ) and лѧхове m pl ( lęxove , “ Poland ” ) , from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ .
Noun
له • (Leh )
a Pole
Synonym: لهلی ( lehli )
Derived terms
Descendants
Turkish: Leh
→ Middle Armenian: լեհ ( leh )
Proper noun
له • (Leh )
Synonym of لهستان , Poland (a country in Central Europe )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Arabic لَهُ ( lahu ) (pronounced as لَه ( lah ) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ ( li- ) , possibly through Persian له ( lah ) .
Prepositional phrase
له • (leh or lehü ) ( in certain Arabic phrases )
for him , in his favor
on his side
Derived terms
See also
References
Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912 ) “له ”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary ], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 715a
Redhouse, James W. (1890 ) “له ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013 ), “leh 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English , 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911 ) “له ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français , Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1084–1085
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007 ) “leh ”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2951
Persian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
lah
Dari reading?
lah
Iranian reading?
lah
Tajik reading?
lah
Adjective
له • (lah )
crushed
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with Sanskrit रस ( rasa ) . The original meaning must have meant "juice".
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
lah
Dari reading?
lah
Iranian reading?
lah
Tajik reading?
lah
Noun
له • (lah )
( obsolete ) wine , must
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish له ( Leh , “ Pole ” ) , from Old East Slavic лѧхъ ( lęxŭ , “ Pole ” ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
lah
Dari reading?
lah
Iranian reading?
lah
Tajik reading?
lah
Proper noun
له • (lah )
Lech , the forefather of the Lechites or Poles
Noun
له • (lah )
( obsolete ) Pole
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Arabic لَهُ ( lahu , “ to him ” ) (pronounced لَه ( lah ) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ ( li- ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
lah
Dari reading?
lah
Iranian reading?
lah
Tajik reading?
lah
( when followed by the Arabic definite article ) :
Readings
Classical reading?
lahu
Dari reading?
lahu
Iranian reading?
laho
Tajik reading?
lahu
Prepositional phrase
Dari
لهُ or له
Iranian Persian
Tajik
лаҳ or лаҳу
لَه or لَهُ • (lah or laho )
( in certain Arabic phrases )
to him; for him, in his favor[ 1]
بر له و بر علیه for and against; pro and con[ 1]
Derived terms
See also
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Hayyim, Sulayman (1934 ) “له ”, in New Persian–English dictionary , volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 773