سیمین
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سیمین (sīmīn)
Noun
سیمین • (simin)
- silver, of silver; silvered
- silvery, silver-like; white
- Synonyms: گومشی (gümüşi); آق (ak)
- bright
- Synonym: چیل (çil)
Descendants
- Turkish: simin
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “simin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4245b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سیمین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 710b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیمین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1104a
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] ((a)sēmēn); by surface analysis, سیم (sim, “silver”) + ـین (-in, “-en”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /siː.ˈmiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [siː.miːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siː.miːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.min]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sīmīn |
| Dari reading? | sīmīn |
| Iranian reading? | simin |
| Tajik reading? | simin |
Adjective
سیمین • (simin) (literary)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیمین (simin)
Proper noun
سیمین • (simin)
- a female given name, Simin, from Middle Persian