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له

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Arabic

Preposition

لَهُ (lahu)

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

له (Leh)

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

Proper noun

له (Leh)

  1. Synonym of لهستان, Poland (a country in Central Europe)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Prepositional phrase

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
Derived terms
See also

References

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

له (lah)

  1. (obsolete) wine, must
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

له (lah)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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]
Derived terms
See also

References

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