له

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Arabic

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Preposition

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لَهُ (lahu)

  1. third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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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

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له (Leh)

  1. a Pole
    Synonym: لهلی (lehli)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: Leh
  • Middle Armenian: լեհ (leh)

Proper noun

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له (Leh)

  1. Synonym of لهستان, Poland (a country in Central Europe)
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic لَهُ (lahu) (pronounced as لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-), possibly through Persian له (lah).

Prepositional phrase

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له (leh or lehü [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)

  1. for him, in his favor
  2. on his side
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References

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Sanskrit रस (rasa). The original meaning must have meant "juice".

Noun

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له (lah)

  1. (obsolete) wine, must
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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له (lah)

  1. Lech, the forefather of the Lechites, modern Poles and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians.
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic لَهُ (lahu, to him) (pronounced لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-).

Pronunciation

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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

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Dari لهُ or له
Iranian Persian
Tajik лаҳ or лаҳу

لَه or لَهُ (lah or laho [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)

  1. to him; for him, in his favor[1]
    بر له و بر علیه
    for and against; pro and con[1]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “له”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 773