لیو

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [leːw]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [leːw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [leːw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [leːw]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [liːv]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lew]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lēw
Dari reading^?	lēw
Iranian reading^?	liv
Tajik reading^?	lev

Noun[edit]

لیو • (liv)

(literary) sun, sunlight
Synonyms: آفتاب (âftâb), خورتاب (xor-tâb), خورشید (xoršid), هور (hur), خور (xor)

Antonyms: ماه (mâh), مهتاب (mahtâb), مانگ (mâng), لوخن (loxan)

References[edit]

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لیو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لیو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Talysh[edit]

Noun[edit]

لیو (liv)

leaf

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