سیلی

See also: شیلی‎, سيلي‎, and شيلي‎

Persian

Noun

سیلی • (sili)

blow upon the nape of the neck with the open hand edgewise (as in killing a rabbit)
any blow with the hand, a box on the ear, a slap in the face, etc.
musical stringed instrument

Descendants

Georgian: სილა (sila)
Turkish: sille
- → Armenian: սիլլա (silla)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سیلی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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