سیاهی

Persian

Etymology

(siyâh) +‎ (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.jaː.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.ɦíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔː.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒː.ɦíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	siyāhī
Dari reading^?	siyāhī
Iranian reading^?	siyâhi
Tajik reading^?	siyohi

Noun

سیاهی • (siyâhi)

Descendants

→ Assamese: চিয়াঁহী (siãhi)
→ Gujarati: શાહી (śāhī)
→ Hindustani: syāhī
Devanagari script: स्याही

Shahmukhi script: سِئاہی
→ Marathi: शाई (śāī)
- → Kannada: ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi)
→ Punjabi: siāhī
Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਆਹੀ

Shahmukhi script: سِئاہی
→ Rohingya: cíai
→ Santali: ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱦᱤ (siyahi)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیاهی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul