مسا

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? masā
Dari reading? masā
Iranian reading? masâ
Tajik reading? maso

Noun

مسا (masâ) (archaic)

  1. evening
    Synonym: عصر (asr)
    Coordinate term: صباح (sabâh)
    • c. 1100, Masʿūd-i Saʿd-i Salmān, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان مسعود سعد سلمان:
      شد دیده تیره و نخورم غم ز بهر آنک
      روزم همه شب است و صباحم همه مسا
      šud dīda tīra u na-xwaram ğam zi bahr-i ān-k
      rōz-am hama šab ast u sabāh-am hama masā
      My eyes have gone dark, but I do not grieve from that because
      All my days are nights and all my mornings evenings
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مسا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sa/,
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

مسا (masam

  1. evening

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