شهلة

See also: شهله

Arabic

Root
ش ه ل (š h l)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃuh.la/

Noun

شُهْلَة • (šuhla) f (obsolete)

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. a tinge of blueness or redness in the black of the eye^[1]
2. dark blue with a reddish lustre^[2]
3. brownish/tawny color^[3]
- d. c. 1048, Abu al-Walid al-Himyari, Kitab al-badi fi wasf al-rabi, (quoting Ibn Faraj al-Jayyani):
  كأكؤس فضة فيها ‖ نفايا شهلة الخمر
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- d. 1209, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Al-Firasa:
  أفضل ألوان العين الشهلة لأنها لون متوسط بين السواد و بين الزرقة والخضرة
  1999 translation by James Nathan Ford^[3]
  The best color of eyes is the brownish/tawny color, since it is an intermediate color between black (on one hand) and blue and green (on the other).

Declension

Declension of noun **شُهْلَة** (šuhla)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُهْلَة šuhla	الشُّهْلَة aš-šuhla	شُهْلَة šuhlat
nominative	شُهْلَةٌ šuhlatun	الشُّهْلَةُ aš-šuhlatu	شُهْلَةُ šuhlatu
accusative	شُهْلَةً šuhlatan	الشُّهْلَةَ aš-šuhlata	شُهْلَةَ šuhlata
genitive	شُهْلَةٍ šuhlatin	الشُّهْلَةِ aš-šuhlati	شُهْلَةِ šuhlati

References

^ Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “شهلة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1613.
^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شهلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 561
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ford, J. N. (1999) ““Ninety-Nine by the Evil Eye and One from Natural Causes”: KTU² 1.96 in its Near Eastern Context”, in Ugarit-Forschungen‎^[2], volume 30: 1998, page 242, note 136

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃah.la/

Adjective

شَهْلَة • (šahla) f

(of a woman) middle-aged, intelligent; old^[1]

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: شهله (şehle)

References

^ Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “شهلة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.