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): [si.jɑːh kɑː.sa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑːʱ kʰɑː.sä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑːʱ kʰɑː.sä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː kʰɑː.sä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔː kʰɔː.sä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒːʱ kʰɒː.se]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔʱ kʰɔ.sä]

Readings
Classical reading?	siyāh kāsa
Dari reading?	siyāh kāsa
Iranian reading?	siyâh kâse
Tajik reading?	siyoh kosa

Noun

سیاه کاسه • (siyâh kâse)

1. (poetic, figurative) miser, niggard
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     برو از خانهٔ گردون به در و نان مطلب
     کان سیه کاسه در آخر بکشد مهمان را

     biraw az xâna-yi gardûn ba dar u nân ma-talab
     k-ân siyah kâsa dar âxir bikušad mihmân râ

     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)