سیاه کاسه

سیاه کاسه

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

سیاه‎ (siyâh, “black”) +‎ کاسه‎ (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)

1. (poetic, figuratively) 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 xāna-yi gardūn ba dar u nān ma-talab
     k-ān siyah kāsa dar āxir bikušad mihmān rā

     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)