شیء

See also: شيء and سيء

Persian

Alternative forms

  • شی (šay / šey) (unhamzated)

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? šay'
    Dari reading? šay'
    Iranian reading? šey'
    Tajik reading? šay'

    Noun

    Dari شیء
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шайъ

    شیء • (šay' / šey') (plural اشیاء, or شیءها)

    1. (physics, mathematics, computer science, philosophy) object
      شیء فیزیکی ― sey'-e fiziki ― physical object
      شیء ریاضی ― sey'-e riyâzi ― mathematical object
    2. (in the plural) good, article, item, commodity
    3. (obsolete) thing
      Synonym: چیز (čiz)
      • c. 1235, Muḥammad b. Manṣūr b. Saʿīd, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Manners of War and Gallantry]:
        بدانکه حرب کردن شیئی تلخست و هرکه اندران عجب آرد و منی خوار ماند.
        bidān ki harb kardan šay'ē talx ast u har ki andar ān ujb ārad u manī xwār mānad.
        Know that waging war is a bitter thing, and whoever brings pride and conceit into it shall be brought low.
        (Classical Persian romanization)

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