شهلا

See also: شہلا‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Semitic, likely through Arabic شَهْلَاء‎ f (šahlāʾ, “[uncertain meaning]”).

Adjective

شهلا • (šahlâ)

  1. Often used to describe the iris (anatomy). The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. glaucous or subglaucous;[1]
    2. of "lighter shades of brown"[2] or amber or tawny[1] or fawn.[3]
    ‏چشم شهلا‎‎
    češm-e šahlâ
    the [such] eye
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps from نرگس شهلا‎.

Proper noun

شهلا • (Šahlâ)

  1. A female given name.

References

  1. 1 2 Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. (1981), Studies in Greek Colour Terminology: Charopos, Brill Publishers, p. 174.
  2. ↑ Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. (1981), Studies in Greek Colour Terminology: Charopos, Brill Publishers, p. 71.
  3. ↑ Aigle, D. (2014), The Mongol-Empire Between Myth and Reality, p. 127.
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