# له
## Arabic
### Preposition

لَهُ • (lahu)
* third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-)

## Malay
### Particle

له
* Jawi spelling of lah‎.

### Interjection

له
* Jawi spelling of lah‎.

### Noun

بوروڠ له (plural بوروڠ٢ له)
* Jawi spelling of burung lah‎.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ sg (ljax, “a Pole”) and лѧхи pl (ljaxi, “Poland”), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ m sg (lęxŭ, “a Pole”) and лѧхове m pl (lęxove, “Poland”), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.

#### Noun

له • (Leh)
* a Pole
    Synonym: لهلی (lehli)

##### Derived terms

* لهستان (Lehistan)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: Leh
* → Middle Armenian: լեհ (leh)
** Armenian: լեհ (leh)

#### Proper noun

له • (Leh)
* Synonym of لهستان, Poland (a country in Central Europe)

##### Derived terms

* لهجه (lehce)
* لهلی (lehli)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَهُ (lahu) (pronounced as لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-), possibly through Persian له (lah).

#### Prepositional phrase

له • (leh or lehü [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)
* for him, in his favor
* on his side

##### Derived terms

* لهنده (lehinde)
* لهنه (lehine)
* مَحْكُومٌ لَه (mahkûmün leh)

##### See also

* علیه (aleyh)

### References

* Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “له”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 715a
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “له”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “leh 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “له”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1084–1085
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “leh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2951

## Persian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [lah]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [læʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [läʱ]

#### Adjective

له • (lah)
* crushed

##### Derived terms

* له کردن (lah kardan, “to crush”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Sanskrit रस (rasa). The original meaning must have meant "juice".

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [lah]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [læʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [läʱ]

#### Noun

له • (lah)
* (obsolete) wine, must

##### Derived terms

* لهیدن (lehidan)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish له (Leh, “Pole”), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ, “Pole”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [lah]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [læʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [läʱ]

#### Proper noun

له • (lah)
* Lech, the forefather of the Lechites or Poles

#### Noun

له • (lah)
* (obsolete) Pole

#### Related terms

* لهستان (lahestân)
* لهستانی (lahestâni)

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic لَهُ (lahu, “to him”) (pronounced لَه (lah) in pausa), third-person singular masculine of لِـ (li-).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [lah]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [læʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [läʱ]
(when followed by the Arabic definite article):
* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈla.hu]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [lǽ.ɦʊ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [lǽ.ɦʊ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lä.́ʊ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lä.́u]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [lǽ.ɦo]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [lǽ.ɦu]

#### Prepositional phrase

| Dari | لهُ or له |
| Iranian Persian | لهُ or له |
| Tajik | лаҳ or лаҳу |
لَه or لَهُ • (lah or laho [when followed by the Arabic definite article]) (in certain Arabic phrases)
* to him; for him, in his favor
    بر له و بر علیهfor and against; pro and con

##### Derived terms

* مَحْکُومٌ لَه (mahkumon lah)

##### See also

* علیه (aleyh)

### References

* 1 2 Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “له”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 773