ציון

Hebrew

Etymology

Biblical reference to a major elevated land feature in Jerusalem. Multiple theories exist as to the etymological origin of the term; theorized roots include צ־ו־ה (ts-w-h), צ־ו־ן (ts-w-n), צ־י־ה (ts-y-h) and צ־ה־ה (ts-h-h). Attested to in Aramaic צהיון and Classical Syriac ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣehyōn) — sometimes considered the older form by historians. More at Zion.

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [sˤiɟ.ˈɟoːn]
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡si.joɪn]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): [si.ˈjon]
(Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA^(key): [sˤiˑ.ˈjoːn]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈsˤiˑ.jøːn]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t͡siˈ(j)on/

Proper noun

צִיּוֹן • (tsiyón) f

Zion, Jerusalem

Derived terms

ציונות (tsiyonút)
ציוני (tsiyoní)
רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן (rishón l'tsiyón)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Σῑών (Sīṓn), Σειών (Seiṓn)
- Latin: Sīōn
  - Bengali: সিয়োন (śiẏōn)
  - Czech: Sión, Sion, Sijón
  - Finnish: Siion
  - French: Sion
    - → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)
    - → Romanian: Sion
  - Italian: Sion
  - Malayalam: സിയ്യോൻ (siyyōṉ)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: Sion
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: Sion
  - Old English: Syon
    - Middle English: Sion
      - English: Zion, Sion
        → Bengali: জায়ন (jaẏon)
        → Marshallese: Jāioon
  - Old High German: Sion
    - German: Zion, Sion
      - → Serbo-Croatian: Cìon, Цѝон
  - Old Irish: Sión
    - Irish: Síón
    - Scottish Gaelic: Sion
  - Polish: Syjon
  - Portuguese: Sião
  - Spanish: Sion, Sión
  - Swedish: Sion
  - Welsh: Sïon
- → Old Church Slavonic: Сионъ (Sionŭ), Сіонъ (Sionŭ), Сиѡнъ (Sionŭ), Сіѡнъ (Sionŭ), Ⱄⰻⱁⱀⱏ (Sionŭ) — Glagolitic
  - Bulgarian: Сио́н (Sión)
  - Macedonian: Сио́н (Sión)
  - → Old East Slavic: Сионъ (Sionŭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: Сіонъ (Sion)
      - Belarusian: Сіён (Sijón), Сыён (Syjón)
      - Ukrainian: Сіо́н (Sión)
    - Russian: Сио́н (Sión), Сіо́нъ (Sión), (uncommon) Сио́нъ (Sión) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      - → Kazakh: Сион (Sion)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: Sìōn, Сѝо̄н
- → Welsh: Seion
→ Classical Syriac: ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣɛhyōn)
- → Arabic: صِهْيُون (ṣihyūn)
  - → Persian: صهیون (sahyun)
    - → Urdu: صیہون (saīhūn), صہیون (sahyūn)
- → Malayalam: സെഹ്യോൻ (sehyōṉ)
→ Yiddish: ציון (tsien)

Proper noun

צִיּוֹן • (tsiyón) m

a male given name

Noun

Root
צ־י־ן (ts-y-n)
3 terms

צִיּוּן • (tsiyún) m (plural indefinite צִיּוּנִים) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

landmark
note
marking
a grade, a mark: a measure of a student's performance.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Pronunciation

Homophone: ציִען (tsien)

Proper noun

ציון • (tsien) ?

Zion (Israel)
Zion (Jerusalem)

Derived terms

ציוניזם (tsienizm)
ציוניסט (tsienist)