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

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

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

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

Descendants

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