سیاح
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَيَّاح (sayyāḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /saj.ˈjaːh/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säj.jɑːʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sej.jɒːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säj.jɔʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sayyāh |
| Dari reading? | sayyāh |
| Iranian reading? | seyyâh |
| Tajik reading? | sayyoh |
Noun
| Dari | سیاح |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | сайёҳ |
سَیّاح • (sayyâh) (plural سَیّاحان (sayyâhân))
- traveller
- Synonym: مسافر (mosâfer)
- c. 1688, محمد ربیع بن ابراهیم [Moḥammad Rabiʾ b. Ebrāhim], “Introduction”, in سفینه سلیمانی [Safine-ye Solaymani]:
- سفینه سلیمانی که سیاحان محیط عبودیت را از تصادم بتلاطم انواع امواج بیکران سرگشتگی بساحل نجات تواند رسانید […]
- safine-ye soleymâni ke sayyâhân-e mohit-e 'obudiyyat râ az tasâddom be talâtom-e anvâ'-e amvâj-e bikarân-e sargaštegi be sâhel-e nejât tavânad rasânid […]
- The ship of Sulaimān, which can deliver the travellers of the ocean of servitude [to God] from collision, through the dashing of ranks of unbounded waves of perplexity, to the coast of salvation […]
- tourist
- Synonym: گردشگر (gardešgar)