مسیحا

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مسیحا

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ (məšīḥāʾ), influenced by Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ). Doublet of مَسیح (masih).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ma.siː.ˈhaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.siː.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.siː.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.si.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.si.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.siː.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.si.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	masīhā
Dari reading?	masīhā
Iranian reading?	masihâ
Tajik reading?	masiho

Noun

مسیحا • (masihâ)

1. messiah; (specifically) Jesus Christ
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 207:

     مرا اگرچه مسیحا بپای بوسه زدی
     بدست و پای سگان در تو خاک شدم

     ma-rā agarči masīhā ba-pāy bōsa zadē
     ba-dast u pā-yi sagān-i dar-i tō xāk šudam

     Even if Christ were to kiss me on the feet,
     I would become [as lowly as] earth on the feet of the dogs at your gate.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مسیحا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسِیحا (masīhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.siː.ɦɑː/

Noun

مَسِیحا • (masīhā) m (Hindi spelling मसीहा)

1. a messiah