ثانیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَانِيَة (ṯāniya).

Noun

ثانیه • (saniye)

  1. second (unit of time)

Derived terms

  • ثانیه‌لی (saniyeli, with a second hand; with a timer)

Descendants

  • Turkish: saniye
    • Laz: სანიჲე (saniye)
  • Ubykh: саниа (sanja)

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “saniye”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَانِيَة (ṯāniya).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sāniya
Dari reading? sāniya
Iranian reading? sâniye
Tajik reading? soniya

Noun

ثانیه • (sāniya / sâniye) (plural ثانیه‌ها (sāniya-hā / sâniye-hâ), Tajik spelling сония)

  1. second (unit of time)
    یک دقیقه شصت ثانیه دارد.
    yek daqiqe šast sâniye dârad.
    One minute has sixty seconds.

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: सानिया (sāniyā)
    Urdu: ثانیہ (sāniyā)