حوصله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْصَلة (ḥawṣala, “gizzard of a bird”), used figuratively.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häw.sä.lǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäw.sä.lǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäw.sä.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? hawsala
Dari reading? hawsala
Iranian reading? howsele
Tajik reading? havsala

Noun
Dari حوصله
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳавсала

حوصله • (howsele)

  1. patience; forbearance
    Synonym: صبر (sabr)
    داره حوصله‌ام سر می‌ره. (colloquial Iranian)
    dâre howsele-am sar mi-re.
    My patience is running out.
  2. mood (to do something)
    حوصلهٔ این کار ندارد.
    howsele-ye in kâr na-dârad.
    He is not in the mood to do this.
  3. scope (of the mind); range (of comprehension)

Derived terms
  • (impersonal verb) حوصله سر رفتن (howsele sar raftan, “to get bored”)
  • حوصله کسی را سر بردن (howsele-ye kasi râ sar bordan, “to bore someone”)

Descendants
  • → Hindustani: hauslā, hausalā
    Hindi: हौसला
    Urdu: حَوصَلَہ (hausala)
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