له

له

Arabic

Preposition

لَهُ • (lahu)

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

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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)

Related terms

• لهجه‎ (lehce)
• لهلی‎ (lehli)
• لهستان‎ (lehistan)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʿi (1912), “له”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 715a
• ‌ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “له”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645

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

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “leh 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “leh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2951
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “له”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1084–1085

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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.

Related terms

• لهستان‎ (lahestân)
• لهستانی‎ (lahestâni)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic لَهُ‎ (lahu), third-person singular masculine of لِـ‎ (li-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /lah/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /lah/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /læh/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /lah/

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