Body
دل
/ del /
noun (highly polysemous, culturally weighted) · heart; seat of emotion, courage, longing
Meaning
معنی۱
In Persian poetry, especially Hafez and Rumi, دل is the central organ of mystical and romantic experience. Saying کسی دلم را برد (someone took my heart) signals love. Saying دلم گرفت (my heart took, my heart shrank) signals melancholy. The whole emotional register of Persian conversation flows through this single word.
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
دل به دل راه دارد
del be del râh dârad
heart finds way to heart
دلم سوخت
delam sukht
my heart burned
دل به دریا زدن
del be daryâ zadan
to throw heart to sea
دل و جرئت داشتن
del-o jor'at dâshtan
to have heart and courage
از ته دل
az tah-e del
from the bottom of the heart
دل بستن
del bastan
to bind one's heart
دل کندن
del kandan
to tear one's heart away
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
دلdel
دل خوشdel-e khoshدل تنگdel-e tangدل به دل راه داردdel be del râh dâradتسلیtasalliآب نریخت کوزهâb narikht kuzeدرد دل کردنdard-e del kardanدلdel
keeps company with ۶ words