حیله

See also: حيلة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِيلَة (ḥīla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hiː.ˈla]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiː.lǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.lǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.lǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiː.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hīla
Dari reading^?	hīla
Iranian reading^?	hile
Tajik reading^?	hila

Noun

حیله • (hile) (plural حیل (hiyal))

deception, fraud; trick; trickery
Synonyms: فریب (farib), مکر (makr)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 320:
  کار مردان روشنی و گرمی است
  کار دونان حیله و بی‌‌شرمی است
  kār-i mardān rōšanī u garmī ast
  kār-i dūnān hīla u bē-šarmī ast
  The work of [holy] men is light and heat; the work of vile men is trickery and shamelessness.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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