Persian

Noun

سیلی • ‎(sili)

1. blow upon the nape of the neck with the open hand edgewise (as in killing a rabbit)
2. any blow with the hand, a box on the ear, a slap in the face, etc.
3. 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