سینی
See also: شینی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سینی (sini, “tray”), itself from Arabic صِينِيّ (ṣīniyy, “Chinese”).
Adjective
سینی • (sini)
Noun
سینی • (sini)
- large, round tray made of copper or brass, used to carry things or as a table
- Synonym: تپسی (tepsi)
- speculum metal, an alloy of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin
- Dutch tile, a glazed ornamental tile used in the jambs of chimneys etc.
Derived terms
- سینیجی (sinici, “maker or seller of trays”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sini2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4253
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سینی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 711
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Orbis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 1218
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سینی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 2738
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sini”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سینی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1104
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صِينِيّ (ṣīniyy, “Chinese”). Doublet of چینی (čini).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /siː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [siː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sīnī |
| Dari reading? | sīnī |
| Iranian reading? | sini |
| Tajik reading? | sini |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
سینی • (sini)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سینی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Alternative forms
- صینی (sīnī)
Noun
سینی • (senī) f