سطحی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَطْحِيّ (saṭḥiyy). By surface analysis, (sath, “surface”) +‎ (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sat.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪.híː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.t̪ʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.t̪ʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæt̪.híː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪.hí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sathī
Dari reading^?	sathī
Iranian reading^?	sathi
Tajik reading^?	sathi

Adjective

سطحی • (sathi)

superficial
surface, relating to the surface
― kešeš-e sathi ― surface tension

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سطحی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim