لیلی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Leylī or Laylī is a spelling pronunciation. The original Arabic pronunciation is now written (leylâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [laj.ˈlɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läj.líː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lej.líː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läj.lí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	laylā
Dari reading^?	laylī
Iranian reading^?	leyli
Tajik reading^?	layli

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	لیلی
Dari	لیلی
Tajik	Лайлӣ

لیلی • (leyli)

A female given name from Arabic.
1. The heroine of the romance Layla and Majnun.

See also

Protagonists of Persian romances

خسرو (xosrow)
شیرین (širin)
فرهاد (farhâd)
مجنون (majnun)

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