له

Arabic

Preposition

لَهُ • (lahu)

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ sg (ljax, “a Pole”) and лѧхи pl (ljaxi, “Poland”), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ m sg (lęxŭ, “a Pole”) and лѧхове m pl (lęxove, “Poland”), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.

Noun

له • (Leh)

1. a Pole

   Synonym: لهلی (lehli)

Derived terms

• لهستان (Lehistan)

 

Descendants

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

Proper noun

له • (Leh)

1. Synonym of لهستان, Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Derived terms

• لهجه (lehce)
• لهلی (lehli)

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَهُ (lahu) (pronounced as لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-), possibly through Persian له (lah).

Prepositional phrase

له • (leh or lehü [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)

1. for him, in his favor
2. on his side

Derived terms

• لهنده (lehinde)
• لهنه (lehine)
• مَحْكُومٌ لَه (mahkûmün leh)

 

See also

• علیه (aleyh)

References

• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “له”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn, Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 715a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “له”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “leh 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “له”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1084–1085
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “leh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2951

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)

Etymology 2

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, “to him”) (pronounced لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lah
Dari reading?	lah
Iranian reading?	lah
Tajik reading?	lah

(when followed by the Arabic definite article):

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈla.hu]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lǽ.ɦʊ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lǽ.ɦʊ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.́ʊ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.́u]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lǽ.ɦo]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lǽ.ɦu]

Readings
Classical reading?	lahu
Dari reading?	lahu
Iranian reading?	laho
Tajik reading?	lahu

Prepositional phrase

Dari	لهُ or له
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лаҳ or лаҳу

لَه or لَهُ • (lah or laho [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)

1. to him; for him, in his favor

   بر له و بر علیه

   for and against; pro and con

Derived terms

• مَحْکُومٌ لَه (mahkumon lah)

 

See also

• علیه (aleyh)