الا

Doublet of آلا.

الا • (elâ or ala)

1. (of eyes) greyish-blue; azure; hazel

   Synonym: شهلا (şehla)

• Turkish: ela

Borrowed from Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).

الا • (illa)

1. except
2. unless

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 132
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179

• الای (ellây) (Dari)

Borrowed from Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).

Readings
Classical reading?	illā
Dari reading?	illā
Iranian reading?	ellâ
Tajik reading?	illo

الا • (ella)

1. except, save
2. without

   Synonym: بدون (bedun)

الا • (ella)

1. except, save
2. unless

   Synonym: مگر (magar)

3. without

   Synonym: بدون (bedun)

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Readings
Classical reading?	alā
Dari reading?	alā
Iranian reading?	alâ
Tajik reading?	alo

الا • (alâ)

1. is [he/she/it] not?
2. behold
3. beware

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “الا”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 32
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “الا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “الا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul