آله

See also: أله‎, اله‎, إله‎, and آلة‎

Persian

Alternative forms

اله‎ (aloh), آلوه‎ (âluh), الوه‎ (aluh), له‎ (loh), اوله‎ (awloh, owloh)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwh /āluh/, “eagle”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (ʾʾlwf /āluf/)). Compare Gilaki ‎ (aluğ), Mazanderani اله‎ (alle), Northern Kurdish eylo / êlo, Central Kurdish ‎ (hello), as well as արծուի (arcui). From Proto-Iranian *Hr̥ĵifyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥ȷ́ipyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rǵ-i-pt-ió-s, from *h₂erǵ- (“white, glittering”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (ərəzifiia).

Noun

آله • (âloh)

eagle

Synonyms

عقاب‎ (oqâb)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āluh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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