تلبیس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَلْبِيس (talbīs, deceiving, misrepresentation)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäl.biːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäl.biːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäl.bis]

Readings
Classical reading? talbīs
Dari reading? talbīs
Iranian reading? talbis
Tajik reading? talbis
Dari تلبیس
Iranian Persian
Tajik таблис

Noun

تلبیس • (tablis) (plural تلبیسات (tablisât))

  1. fraud, imposture
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 254:
      هر که در دنیا خورد تلبیس دیو
      و ز عدوی دوست رو تعظیم و ریو
      har ki dar dunyā xwarad tablīs-i dēw
      u za 'adū-i dōst rō ta'zīm u rēw
      Whoever swallows the Devil's imposture in this world
      and (swallows) veneration and deceit from the foe that has the face (semblance) of a friend
  2. guile, disguise

References

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