زلیخا

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Etymology

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From Arabic زُلَيْخَة (zulayḵa, brilliant).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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زلیخا (Zulëixaf

  1. (religion) Hazrat Zuleikha
  2. a female given name

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic زُلَيْخَة (zulayḵa).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zulayxā
Dari reading? zulayxā
Iranian reading? zoleyxâ
Tajik reading? zulayxo

Proper noun

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زُلِیخا (zoleyxâ)

  1. The name popularly given to Potiphar's wife, a Biblical and Quranic figure who falls in love with the enslaved Joseph and attempts to seduce him; a common character in Persian poetry.
    • late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:
      من از آن حسن روزافزون که یوسف داشت دانستم، که عشق از پرده عصمت برون آرد زلیخا را
      man az ân hosn-e ruz-afzun ke yusof dâšt dânestam, ke 'ešq az parde-ye 'esmat borun ârad zoleyxâ-râ
      I have learnt, from that daily-increasing beauty that Joseph had, that Love will bring Zoleykha out from behind the curtain of modesty.
    • c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:
      غنی روز سیاه پیر کنعان را تماشا کن، که نور دیده اش روشن کرد چشم زلیخا را.
      ğani ruz-e siyâh-e pir-e kan'ân-râ tamâšâ kon, ke nur-e dide-aš rowšan kard čašm-e zoleyxâ-râ.
      Ghani, behold the darkened days of the old man of Canaan as the light of his eyes now those of Zuleikha.
  2. a female given name from Arabic

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