طيلسان

Arabic

Etymology

Of the root ط ل س (ṭ-l-s).

Already in Medieval times understood as an early borrowing of Persian تالشان (tâlešân, robe) believed to derive from the region or people name تالش (tâleš, Talysh) which itself appears as طَيْلَسَان (ṭaylasān) and الطَيْلَسَان (aṭ-ṭaylasān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaj.la.saːn/, /tˤaj.li.saːn/

Noun

طَيْلَسان or طَيْلِسَان (ṭaylasān or ṭaylisān) m (plural طَيَالِس (ṭayālis) or طَيَالِسَة (ṭayālisa))

  1. a rectangular coverlet worn over the shoulders, corresponding to the tallit of the Jews and the pallium of the Romans

Declension

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