دلیل

See also: دليل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈlil]
• (cavalryman also): IPA^(key): [dɛˈli]

Noun

دلیل • (delil)

1. indicium, argument, piece of evidence
2. guide, who shows the way, pilot
3. a kind of cavalryman in the ancient Ottoman army

Descendants

• Turkish: delil

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.liːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.liːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.liːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.liːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.liːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lil]

Readings
Classical reading?	dalīl
Dari reading?	dalīl
Iranian reading?	dalil
Tajik reading?	dalil

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

دلیل • (dalil)

1. reason, cause

   به دلیل ترس از من اطاعت می‌کند. (more literary)

   be dalil-e tars az man etâ'at mi-konad.

   He/she obeys me because of fear.

   به دلیل ترس ازم اطاعت می‌کنه. (more colloquial)

   be dalil-e tars az-am etâ'at mi-kone.

   He/she obeys me because of fear.

2. proof, evidence
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2085:

     نفرت خفاشکان باشد دلیل، که منم خورشید تابان جلیل

     nafrat-e xoffâšakân bâšad dalil, ke manam xoršid-e tâbân-e jalil.

     The disgust of the wretched bats is a proof that I am the shining glorious sun.

3. argument
4. guide (one who shows the way)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dəlil
• → Bengali: দলীল (dolil)
• → Bashkir: дәлил (dəlil)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दलील (dalīl)

  Urdu: دلیل (dalīl)

• → Kazakh: дәлел (dälel)
• → Kyrgyz: далил (dalil)
• → Uzbek: dalil