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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