له

Arabic

Preposition

لَهُ • (lahu)

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Russian лях (ljax).

Proper noun

له • (leh)

  1. Poland
    Synonym: لهستان‎ (lehistan)

Noun

له • (leh)

  1. Pole
    Synonym: لهلی‎ (lehli)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Leh
  • → Middle Armenian: լեհ (leh)

Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

له • (leh)

  1. for, in favor of
  2. on the side of

Noun

له • (leh)

  1. In the dative and locative cases, forms an adjective or adverb describing support.
    Antonym: علیه‎ (aleyh)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

له • (lah)

  1. (obsolete) wine, must
Derived terms
  • لهیدن‎ (lehidan)

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

Pronunciation

Prepositional phrase

Dari له
Iranian Persian
Tajik лаҳ (lah)

له • (lah)

  1. "to him; for him, in his favor"[1]
    ‏بر له و بر علیه‎
    for and against; pro and con[1]

References

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