دلیل

From Arabic دَلِيل‎ (dalīl).

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈlil]
• (cavalryman also): IPA^(key): [dɛˈli]

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

• Turkish: delil

Borrowing from Arabic دَلِيل‎ (dalīl).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /daliːl/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /daliːl/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dæliːl/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /dalil/

دَلیل • (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 عشق 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
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2085:

     ‏نفرت خفاشکان باشد دلیل، که منم خورشید تابان جلیل‎

     nafrat-e xoffâšakân bâšad dalil, ke manam xoršid-e tâbân-e jalil.

     The disgust of the wretched bats is a proof that I am the shining glorious sun.

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

• → Azerbaijani: dəlil
• → Bengali: দলীল (dolil)
• → Bashkir: дәлил (dälil)
• → Hindustani: dalīl

  Hindi: दलील

  Urdu: دلیل‎

• → Kazakh: дәлел (dälel)
• → Kyrgyz: далил (dalil)
• → Uzbek: dalil