سیاوش

Persian


Iranian Persian	سیاوش
Dari	سیاوش
Tajik	Сиёвуш

Alternative forms

سیاووش (siyâvuš), سیاوخش (siyâvaxš) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (syyʾwhš /⁠siyāwaxš⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (siiāuuaršan-, literally “having black stallions”). Akin to Parthian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫢 (šyyʾwš /⁠siyāwaš⁠/), Khwarezmian 𐿃𐾰𐾶𐿃 (šʾwš), Elamite 𒅆𒅀𒈥𒃻 (ši-ia-mar-šá), Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš), Arabic سِيَاوَش (siyāwaš).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ.vuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	siyāwaš
Dari reading^?	siyāwaš
Iranian reading^?	siyâvaš
Tajik reading^?	siyovuš

Proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

(Iranian mythology) Siavash
a male given name, Siyavash, Siavash, or Syavash

Descendants

→ Old Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიო (šio), სიაოშ (siaoš)
- Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიოში (šioši), შიო (šio)
  - → Armenian: Շիոշ (Šioš)
- → Middle Armenian: Բիուաբ (Biuab) (an incorrect transliteration due to orthographic confusion)

Colditz, Iris (2018) Iranische Personennamen in manichäischer Überlieferung [Iranian personal names in Manichaean tradition] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 517, page 478
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979) Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 282, page 75