چینود

činavad (romanization)
چنیود (alternative)

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cynwt' /činwad/), which was borrowed from Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬋 (cinvatō). Both the concept and the word were then transferred to Islam following the Arab conquests.

inh+

ترا هست محشر رسول حجاز
دهنده به پول چنیود جواز

1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپنامه [Garshāsp Nāma]:

On Resurrection Day, the Prophet from Hejaz is there for you
To grant the right of passage on the Bridge of Chinavad.

tu rā hast mahšar rasūl-i hijāz
dihanda ba pūl-i čanīwad jawāz

(Zoroastrianism, Islam) An extremely narrow bridge that Zoroastrians and Muslims believe all souls will cross on Doomsday, with only the virtuous able to cross. Called the Chinvat Bridge in Avestan and al-Ṣirāṭ in Arabic.


اهل ایمان

fa-noun

اهل ایمان • (ahl-e imân)

→ Azerbaijani: əhli-iman

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: अहल ईमान (ahal īmān)

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Urdu: اہل ایمان

Urdu: اہل ایمان

[ʔäɦ.lɪ ʔiː.mɑːn]

[ʔäɦ.lɪ ʔiː.mɑːn]

[ʔɑː.lɪ ʔiː.mɑːn]

Ezafe of اهل (ahl, “people”) + ایمان (imân, “faith”).

compound

(Islam) Muslim believer, faithful Muslim


شبیه

fa-noun

شبیه • (šabīh / šabih) (Tajik spelling шабеҳ)

šabīh (romanization)
šabih (romanization)
spelling шабеҳ (Tajik)

(Shia Islam) tazia play; passion play portraying the tribulations of Imam Husayn


درآمد

دَرآمَد • (dar-âmad)

دَرآمَد (canonical)
dar-âmad (romanization)

[d̪ä.ɾɑː.mǽd̪]

[d̪ä.ɾɑː.mǽd̪]

[d̪ä.ɾɑː.mǽd̪]

[d̪ä.ɾɔː.mǽd̪̥]

[d̪æ.ɹɒː.mǽd̪̥]

Deverbal from درآمدن (dar-âmadan, “to enter; to be earned”). In the sense of “income”, it largely displaced the Arabic loan عایدات ('âyedât), more common earlier, as part of Pahlavi-era language purification policies.


عفریت

عِفْرِیت • ('ifrīt)

عِفْرِیت (canonical)
'ifrīt (romanization)

→ Hindustani:

Urdu: عِفْرِیت ('ifrīt)

Hindi: इफ़्रीत (ifrīt)

→ Ottoman Turkish: عفریت ('ifrīt)

Turkish: ifrit

→ Punjabi: عِفْرِیت (ifrīt)


عصمت

(Islam) infallibility; protection from sin (e.g. of the Shi'a imams)


شریعت

شَریعَت • (šari'at) (plural شرائع (šarâ'e'))

شَریعَت (canonical)
šari'at (romanization)
شرائع (plural)

→ Bengali: শরিয়ত (śoriẏot)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शरियत (śariyat)

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Urdu: شَرِیعَت (śarī'at)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਰੀਅਤ (śarīata)
Shahmukhi script: شَرِیعَت (śarīʻat)

→ Rohingya: córiyót

→ Sindhi: شريعت

[ʃä.ɾiː.ʔǽt̪]

[ʃä.ɾiː.ʔǽt̪]

[ʃæ.ɹiː.ʔǽt̪]

[ʃä.ɾi.ʔǽt̪]

در شریعت مر گواهی بنده را
نیست قدری وقت دعوی و قضا

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3813:

In the religious law the testimony of a slave
has no value at the time of litigation and judgement.

dar šarī'at mar guwāh-ē-i banda rā
nist qadr-ē waqt-i da'wā u qazā


سالک

fa-noun

سالک • (sâlek) (plural سالکان (sâlekân))

(Sufism) Sufi devotee; traveler on the mystical path


خلیل

چون خلیلت سبزهای از آتش تر بردمید
رخنهای از کفر در اسلام و ایمان ساختی

c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 263:

Like Abraham, your new mustache blossoms fresh from the fire [of your red cheeks];
You have made a crack of [black] disbelief in the [smooth cheeks of] Islam and faith.

čūn xalīlat sabza'ē az ātaš tar bardamīd
raxna'ē az kufr dar islām u īmān sāxtī

خلیل الله
خلیل الله#Persian

(Islam) short for خلیل الله (xalilo-llâh, title of the prophet Abraham)


کعبه

Borrowed from Arabic الْكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba).

bor+

(Islam) Kaaba (the nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly)


طوبی

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طوبی • (tubâ)

fa-proper noun

طوبی • (tubâ)

[t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]

[t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]

[t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]

[t̪ʰuː.bɒ́ː]


غیب

fa-noun

غیب • (ġeyb)

چه گویمت که به میخانه دوش مست و خراب
سروشِ عالمِغیبم چه مژدهها دادست

c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

How shall I tell you, last night at the tavern, [while I was] drunk and ruined,
What good tidings an angel from the unseen world brought to me?

či gôyam-at ki ba mayxana dôš mast u xarâb
surôš-i âlim-i ġayb-am či muždahâ dâd ast

(especially Islam) the unseen; the mysterious and invisible, known only to God and the prophets and imams


میکائیل

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میکائیل • (mikâ'il)

fa-proper noun

میکائیل • (mikâ'il)

[miː.kʰɒː.ʔíːl̥]

Borrowed from Arabic مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.


تأله

تَأَلُّه (canonical)
ta'alloh (romanization)

[t̪ʰɑːäl.lʊ]

[t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lɵʰ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَأَلُّه (taʔalluh).

(philosophy, Sufism) theosis; deiformity (becoming Godlike, the ultimate stage of human perfection in certain schools of Islamic philosophy)


ادریس

(Islam) Idris (a prophet in Islam generally held to be identical to the biblical Enoch)


صلی الله علیه وسلم

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صلی الله علیه وسلم

صلی الله علیه وسلم • (sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam)

sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam (romanization)
صلیالله علیه وسلم (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama).

bor+

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(Islam) God shower blessing and well-being upon him and grant him peace


علیه السلام

aleyhe-s-salâm (romanization)
علیهالسلام (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu).

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


فنا

fa-noun

فنا • (fanâ)

→ Gujarati: ફના (phanā)

(Sufism) annihilation of the individual by being absorbed into God


قبلتین

→ Hindustani:

Urdu: قبلتین (qiblatain)

Borrowed from Arabic قِبْلَتَيْن (qiblatayn), oblique dual of قِبْلَة (qibla).

bor+

(Islam) the Two Qiblas (Mecca and Jerusalem)


علیها السلام

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علیها السلام

'aleyhâ-s-salâm (romanization)
علیهاالسلام (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


دخمه

→ Azerbaijani: dəxmə

→ Ottoman Turkish: دخمه (dahme)

Turkish: dahme

→ Urdu: دخمہ (daxma)

→ Uzbek: daxma

(Zoroastrianism) dakhma, tower of silence


آتشدان

fa-noun

آتشدان • (âtašdân)

→ Gujarati: આતશદાન (ātaśdān)

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰäʃ.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰäʃ.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰäʃ.d̪ɑ́ːn]

[ʔɔː.t̪ʰäʃ.d̪ɔ́ːn]

[ʔɒː.t̪ʰæʃ.d̪ɒ́ːn]

[ʔɔ.t̪ʰäʃ.d̪ɔ́n]

From آتش (âtaš, “fire”) + ـدان (-dân, “holder, container”).

af

(Zoroastrianism) fire altar; vessel of the sacred flame


یارب

→ Armenian: յարաբ (yarab), երաբ (erab)

→ Azerbaijani: yarəb

Borrowed from Arabic يَا رَبِّ (yā rabbi).

bor+

(Islam) o Lord; a supplication to God for aid.


یاعلی

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یاعلی • (yâ'ali)

[jɑː.ʔä.líː]

[jɑː.ʔä.líː]

[jɒː.ʔæ.líː]

Borrowed from Arabic يَا عَلِيُّ (yā ʕaliyyu).

bor+

(Shia Islam) O Ali; a request for intercession from Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first divinely appointed imam in Shi'ism, the sect followed by most Iranians.


آکوستیک

fa-adj

آکوستیک • (âkustik)

[ʔɒː.kʰuːs.t̪ʰíːkʲ]

Borrowed from French acoustique or English acoustic.


اثناعشری

اثناعشری • (esnâ-'ašari)

[ʔɪs.nɑː.ʔä.ʃä.ɾíː]

[ʔɪs.nɑː.ʔä.ʃä.ɾíː]

[ʔɪs.nɑːä.ʃä.ɾíː]

[ʔis.nɔːä.ʃä.ɾí]

[ʔes.nɒː.ʔæ.ʃæ.ɹíː]

From Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (iṯnā ʕašara, “twelve”) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

af

ar:اِثْنَا عَشَرَ<t:twelve>

ـی
<id:adjective><pos:suffix forming adjectives>


فرشگرد

[fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fä.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fɪ.ɾäʃ.ɡɪ́ɹd̪]

[fä.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪̥]

[fi.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪̥]

[fæ.ɹæʃ.ɡʲéɹd̪̥]

[fe.ɹæʃ.ɡʲéɹd̪̥]

[fä.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪]

[fi.ɾäʃ.ɡíɹd̪]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (prš(y)gyrd /fraš(a)gird/, “Frashokereti; making wonderful, excellent”), from Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬋𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬌 (frašōkər^əti).

der

(Zoroastrianism) Frashokereti, the final renovation of the world, wherein evil is destroyed, and the world is purified


اباضیه

Borrowed from Arabic إِبَاضِيَّة (ʔibāḍiyya).

bor+

(Islam) Ibadism, the doctrines associated with Ibadis, such as the acceptance of fewer hadiths, and the addition of Jami Sahih as a canonical hadith.


رشن

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رشن • (rašn)

fa-proper noun

رشن • (rašn)

From Middle Persian lšn (rašn), from Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬥𐬎 (rašnu).

(Zoroastrianism) Rashnu, the yazata of justice and the divine judge


سگدید

[säɡ.d̪íːd̪]

[säɡ.d̪íːd̪]

[säɡ.d̪íːd̪]

[säɡ.d̪íd̪̥]

[sæɡʲ.d̪íːd̪̥]

From سگ (sag, “dog”) + دید (did, “vision”).

(Zoroastrianism) presentation of a recently deceased body to a dog, whose sight is considered purifying


سرویس

Borrowed from French service and English service. For Afghan sense of "bus" (clipped from "bus service"), compare Pashto سروېس (sarwes).


کریم

کریما ببخشای بر حال ما
که هستم اسیر کمند هوا
نداریم غیر از تو فریادرس
تویی عاصیان را خطابخش و بس
نگه دار ما را ز راه خطا
خطا درگذار و صوابم نما

c. 13th century, Saadi Shirazi, “مناجات به درگاه مجیبالدعوات [munājāt ba dargāh-i mujīb-ud-da'awāt, Supplication to the Court of God]”, in پندنامه [pand-nāma, The Compendium of Ethics]:

O Beneficent (God)! Bestow pardon on our condition,
Who are captives in the toil of vanity.
We have none, excepting Thee (for our) defender;
Thou are the all-sufficient forgiver of transgressors.
Preserve us from the road of sin;
Pardon our misdeeds, and instruct us in righteousness.

(Islam) Al-Karim ("the Beneficent"), one of the names of God in Islam


عایشه

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عایشه • ('âyše)

fa-proper noun

عایشه • ('âyše)

'âyše (romanization)
عائشه (alternative)

(Islam) Aisha, Muhammad's third wife and daughter of first caliph Abu Bakr


مناجات

fa-noun

مناجات • (monâjât)

→ Bengali: মোনাজাত (mōnajat)

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→ Gujarati: મુનાજાત (munājāt), મોનાજાત (monājāt)

→ Kazakh: мінәжат (mınäjat)

→ Ottoman Turkish: مناجات (münacat)

[mʊ.nɑː.d͡ʒɑ́ːt̪]

[mʊ.nɑː.d͡ʒɑ́ːt̪]

[mʊ.nɑː.d͡ʒɑ́ːt̪]

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاجَاة (munājāh, “intimate conversation”). The religious associations come from Qur'an 19:52, where the verb نَاجَى (nājā) is used to describe God's conversation with Moses, and was popularized by the eleventh-century mystic Abdullah Ansari in his mystical work مناجاتنامه (monâjât-nâme).

bor+

(Islam) intimate individual prayer, often in the form of hymns and poetry

(Zoroastrianism) intimate prayer, often in the form of poetry, in New Persian or Gujarati (as opposed to Avestan or Middle Persian)


عشق مجازی

fa-noun

عشق مجازی • (ešq-e majâzi)

[ɪ́ʃ.qɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ɪ́ʃ.qɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ʔɪ́ʃqɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ʔíʃqi mä.d͡ʒɔː.zí]

[éʃ.ɢe mæ.d͡ʒɒː.zíː]

Literally "allegorical love", because love for a human beloved is considered an allegory or stepping stone for love towards God.

Coordinate term: عشق حقیقی (ešq-e haqiqi)

(Sufism) human love; physical love (as opposed to love towards God)


ثقت الاسلام

Borrowed from Arabic ثِقَة الْإِسْلَام (ṯiqat al-ʔislām, literally “trustworthy of Islam”).

bor+

ثِقَة الْإِسْلَام


متوضا

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَضَّأٌ (mutawaḍḍaʔun).

(Islam) place for ritual ablution (in a mosque)


معاذالله

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معاذالله • (ma'âzallâh)

[mä.ʔɑː.zäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[mä.ʔɑː.zäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[mɑːɑː.zäl.lɑ́ː]

[mɔːɔː.zäl.lɔ́ː]

[mæ.ʔɒː.zæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

Borrowed from Arabic مَعَاذَ ٱللّٰهِ (maʕāḏa llāhi).

bor+

مَعَاذَ ٱللّٰهِ


برگه

barge (romanization)
بلگه (alternative archaic dialectal)

→ Azerbaijani: bəlgə


باند

fa-noun

باند • (bând)

Borrowed from French bande or English band, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Doublet of بند (band).


اوورتور

[ʔuːveɹ.t̪ʰúːɹ]


ماژور

fa-adj

ماژور • (mâžor)


بکار

fa-noun

بکار • (bekâr)


علیه الصلات والسلام

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علیه الصلات والسلام • (aleyhe s-salâto va-s-salâm)

aleyhe s-salâto va-s-salâm (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi ṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ


ارض اقدس

[ʔǽɾ.zɪ ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

[ʔǽɾ.zɪ ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

[ʔǽɹzɪ ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

[ʔǽɹ.ze ʔæʁ.d̪ǽs]

(Shia Islam) the sanctuary of Imam Reza at Mashhad


اشم وهو

[ʔæ.ʃém vo.ɦúː]

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬆𐬨 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 (aṣ̌əm vohū).

(Zoroastrianism) Ashem Vohu, one of the four great Avestan mantras


اشم

fa-noun

اشم • (ašem)

سوی جنت چو خواهد رفت جانم
اشم آری در آن دم بر زبانم

1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-yi Sanjān]:

When my soul departs towards Heaven,
May You bring the ashem upon my tongue at that moment.

sōy-i jannat čū xwāhad raft jān-am
ašim ārī dar ān dam bar zabān-am

اشم وهو
اشم وهو#Persian

(Zoroastrianism) short for اشم وهو (ašem vohu)


گنامینو

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گنامینو • (ganāmīnō)

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gnʾk' mynwk /gannāk mēnōg/, “the Stinking Spirit”).

inh+

وزان پس هم گنامینو گجسته
مر این ره را دگر باره شکسته

And after that too, the accursed Stinking Spirit
Broke this road a second time.

w-az ān pas ham ganāmīnō gujasta
mar īn rah rā digar bāra šikasta

(Zoroastrianism, obsolete) Ahriman, Angra Mainyu (the evil spirit)


جددین

→ Gujarati: જુદ્દીન (juddīn)

[d͡ʒʊd̪.d̪íːn]

[d͡ʒʊd̪.d̪íːn]

[d͡ʒʊd̪.d̪íːn]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywdt dyn' /jud-dēn/, literally “[those of] anti-religion”).

inh

بکرده دور سه فرسنگ جددین
نمانده کس درو جز مرد بهدین

The infidels were driven out three leagues away,
Nobody remained there except for men of the Good Faith.

bakarda dūr si farsang juddīn
na-mānda kas dar ō juz mard-i bihdīn


یشتن

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yštn' /yaštan/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaⁱti, “to worship, to venerate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

der

به چندان روز و ماه یشت و یزشها
بیشتند و بسی کردند تخشا

For so many days and months, they performed rites and rituals and were very diligent.

ba čandān rōz u māh yašt u yaziš-hā
biyaštand u basē kardand taxšā

(Zoroastrianism, obsolete) to worship, to perform Zoroastrian rituals


معصوم

(religion) impeccable, infallible, incapable of sin


مزمور

fa-noun

مَزْمور • (mazmur) (plural مزامیر (mazâmir))

مَزْمور (canonical)
mazmur (romanization)
مزامیر (plural)


خویدوده

خویدوده • (xidude)

Learned borrowing from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwytw(k)ds /xwēdodah/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬚𐬀 (xᵛaētuuadaθa). The earlier Persian Revayats do not use this spelling but rather خیتودت (xitudat), خویدیودت (xidyudat), خویتودث (xitudas), etc.

lbor

(Zoroastrianism) xwedodah; close-kin marriage


مسلط

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَلَّط (musallaṭ).


روضه

Borrowed from Arabic رَوْضَة (rawḍa, “garden”). The religious sense is generalized from the title of the book روضة الشهدا (rowzat-oš-šohadâ, “Garden of the Martyrs”), an extremely popular work describing the tragedy at Karbala written by Husayn Kâshefi (lived 1436—1504).

روضه شب عاشورا

(Shia Islam) eulogy of the Battle of Karbala

روضه بهشت

بزمگاهی دلنشان، چون قصر فردوس برین
گلشنی پیرامنش چون روضهٔ دارالسلام

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 309”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

A banquet place which soothes the heart, like the castle of highest paradise,
A rose field whose surroundings are like the garden of the Abode of Peace.

bazm-gāhē dil-nišān, čūn qasr-i firdaws-e barīn
gulšanē pērāmun-aš čūn rawza-yi dār-os-salām


ارد

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭫𐭲𐭩 (ʾlty /ard/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /r̥taʰ/), from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬴𐬀 (aṣ̌a, “truth”), Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “fixed order, truth”).

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نهم عزیز چو ارد ایزد و دهم اشتاد
بهوش باش که گفتم اگر تو نادانی

1800s?, کی بهرام, در صفت دوازده امام و چهارده معصوم گویم, published 1942:

Since the ninth dear one is the divine Ard and the tenth is Ashtad,
Be aware that I have told you, if you did not know!

nohom aziz čo ard izad o dahom aštâd
be huš bâš ke goftam agar to nâdân-i

(Zoroastrianism) Ard, a goddess and divine assistant of Spenta Armaiti, thought to preside over the twenty-fifth day


قدسی

Borrowed from Arabic قُدْسِيّ (qudsiyy). By surface analysis, قدس (qods) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

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(Islam, of a hadith) transmitting words of God not found in the Quran


مصلا

mosallâ (romanization)
مصلى (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan).

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بده ساقی میِ باقی که در جنت نخواهی یافت
کنار آب رکنآباد و گلگشت مصلا را

c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

Wine-pourer, give the rest of the wine! For you will not find in paradise
The bank of the waters of Ruknābād, nor the rose-path of the musallā.

bidih sāqī may-yi bāqī ki dar jannat na-xwāhī yāft
kanār-i āb-i rukn-ābād u gulgašt-i musallā rā

musalla; place for public prayer, especially a field outside the building of the mosque

از تائبی سر تافته صد توبه برهم بافته
چون بوی زلفش یافته می بر مصلا ریخته

early 1200s, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “Ghazal 706”, in دیوان عطار:

The head turned away from piety, a hundred repentances entangled,
When the scent of her locks was found, wine poured on the prayer rug.

az tā'ibī sar tāfta sad tawba bar-ham bāfta
čūn bōy-i zulf-aš yāfta may bar musallā rēxta

زاهد چه کشی اینهمه بر دوش مصلا
بردار سبوی من و رندانه نگه دار

c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “Ghazal 225”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]:

Ascetic, why haul a prayer rug on your shoulders all this time?
Pick up my wine pitcher and look around like a villain!

zāhid či kašī īnhama bar dōš musallā
bardār sabō-yi man u rindāna nigah dār


تکیه‌خانه

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تکیهخانه • (takye-xâne) (plural تکیهخانهها)

تکیهخانه (canonical)
takye-xâne (romanization)
تکیهخانهها (plural)

→ Uzbek: takyaxona

تکیه تکیه#Persian


فتان

فتان • (fattān / fattân) (Tajik spelling фаттон)

fattān (romanization)
fattân (romanization)
spelling фаттон (Tajik)

[fät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[fät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[fät̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[fät̪.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

[fæt̪.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]


خانه خدا

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خانهٔ خدا • (xâne-ye xodâ)

خانهٔ خدا (canonical)
xâne-ye xodâ (romanization)

Calque of Arabic بَيْت الله (bayt allāh).

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(Islam) "the House of God"; a title for the Ka'ba.


کونین

Borrowed from Arabic كَوْنَيْن (kawnayn), dual of كَوْن (kawn).

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چنان خواهم سلیمی کز همه کونین باشم فرد
میان عاشقان باری چنین مفرد کنم خود را

c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 96:

I, Selim, desire to be solitary in all the two existences;
In short, in the midst of lovers, I shall single myself out like this.

čunān xwāham salīmī k-az hama kawnayn bāšam fard
miyān-i āšiqān bārē čunīn mufrad kunam xwad rā

(Islam) the two kinds of existence: the material world and the spiritual world


هیربد

[ʔeːɾ.bʊ́d̪]

[ʔeːɾ.búd̪̥]

[ʔeːɾ.bǽd̪̥]

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hylpt' /hērbed/, “religious scholar”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (aēθrapaⁱti, “teacher priest”). By surface analysis, هیر (hir, “fire; worship, obedience”) + ـبد (-bod, “lord, master”).

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اینکه موبدان و دستوران و ردان و هیربدان را نشاید که همه کس را پهلوی آموزند که زردشت از هورمزد پرسید که پهلوی آموختن مر کسان را شاید هورمزد به افزونی جواب داد که هر که از نسل تو باشد موبد و دستور و هیربدی که خردمند باشد. دیگر هیچ کس را نشاید جز از اینکه گفتهام اگر دیگران را آموزند او را عظیم گناه باشد اگر بسیار کار کرفه کرده باشد فرجام او را بدوزخ بود.

That the mowbeds and dasturs and rads and herbods [orders of Zoroastrian priests] must not let everybody learn Pahlavi, for Zoroaster asked Ahura Mazda whether learning Pahlavi was suitable for people, and Ahura Mazda answered extensively, "Everyone descended from you who are mowbeds and dasturs and herbods who are wise. Nobody else should [learn the Pahlavi language], except for those who I have mentioned. If it is taught to others, it is a great sin. [Even] if his good deeds are many, his end will be in Hell."

īn-ki mūbidān u dastūrān u radān u hērbudān rā na-šāyad ki hama kas rā pahlawī amōzand ki zardušt az hūrmazd porsīd ki pahlawī āmōxtan mar kasān rā šāyad hūrmazd ba afzūnī jawāb dād ki har ki az nasl-i tō bāšad mūbid u dastūr u hērbudē ki xiradmand bāšad. dīgar hēč kas rā na-šāyad juz az īn-ki gufta'am agar dīgarān rā āmōzand ō rā azīm gunāh bāšad agar bisyār kār-i kirfa karda bāšad farjām-i ō rā ba dōzax buwad.

(Zoroastrianism) herbad, lowest-ranking Zoroastrian priest


ملکوت

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَكُوت (malakūt).

مرغ باغ ملکوتم نیم از عالم خاک
دو سه روزی قفسی ساختهاند از بدنم

c. 1300, Humām-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 142”, in دیوان همام تبریزی:

I am a bird from the garden of malakūt, not from the world of earth!
They [only] built a cage out of my body for two or three days.

murġ-i bāġ-i malakūt-am niyam az ālam-i xāk
du si rōzē qafasē saxta-and az badan-am

(Islam, Sufism) Malakut, a cosmic plane between the angelic and imaginal realms


پریخوان

fa-noun

پریخوان • (parixân)

پری (pari, “supernatural being”) + خوان (xân, “present stem of خواندن (xândan, “to read”)”)

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present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">خواندن</i> (xândan, “to read”)


عتبات عالیات

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عتبات عالیات • (atabât-e âliyât)

[ʔä.t̪ʰä.bɑ́ː.t̪ʰɪ ʔɑː.li.jɑ́ːt̪]

[ʔä.t̪ʰä.bɑ́ː.t̪ʰɪ ʔɑː.li.jɑ́ːt̪]

[ʔä.t̪ʰä.bɑ́ː.t̪ʰɪ ʔɑː.li.jɑ́ːt̪]

[ʔä.t̪ʰä.bɔ́ː.t̪ʰi ʔɔː.li.jɔ́ːt̪]

[ʔæ.t̪ʰæ.bɒ́ː.t̪ʰe ʔɒː.li.jɒ́ːt̪]

(Shia Islam) the shrines of the Twelve Imams in Iraq


سحرگاهی

⇒ Gujarati: સરગી (sargī)

⇒ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਘੀ (sarghī)

Shahmukhi script: سَرگھی (sarghī)


ابدال

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ابدال • (abdâl)

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]

[ʔæb.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]

Borrowed from Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “subsitute”).

(collective, Sufism) saints (often said to be forty) for whose sake God maintains the world


شمایل

شمایل • (šamâyel)

Borrowed from Arabic شَمَائِل (šamāʔil).

(Christianity, Shia Islam) icon; visual representation of a holy figure


تلقین

[t̪ʰæl.ɢíːn]

(Islam) recitation of Arabic religious phrases to a dead body before burial


ـیه

Borrowed from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of ـیت (-iyyat).

مولوی (mowlavi, a title of Rumi) + ـیه (-iyye) → مولویه (mowlaviyye, “Mevlevi Order”)

چشت (češt, a town in Afghanistan where the early masters hailed) + ـیه (-iyye) → چشتیه (češtiyye, “Chishti Order”)

(Sufism) Used in the names of Sufi orders.


میقات

میقات • (miqât)

[miː.ʁɒ́ːt̪]

(Islam) miqat (station in the hajj pilgrimage)