سیاه کاسه

Persian

Alternative forms

سیه کاسه‎ (siyah kâse) (poetic, for metrical purposes)

Etymology

‎ (siyâh, “black”) +‎ ‎ (kâse, “bowl, cup, vessel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sijɑːh kɑːsa/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sɪjɑːh kɑːsa/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sijɒːh kɒːse/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /sijɔh kɔsa/

Noun

سیاه کاسه‎ • (siyâh kâse)

(poetic, figurative) miser, niggard
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  ‏برو از خانهٔ گردون به در و نان مطلب
  کان سیه کاسه در آخر بکشد مهمان را‎
  biraw az xâna-yi gardûn ba dar u nân ma-talab
  k-ân siyah kâsa dar âxir bikušad mihmân râ
  Go forth from heaven’s house to the door, and ask for no bread,
  For that miser will, in the end, slay his guest.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

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