شیوه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian شیوه (šive). The sense related to speech, which survives to modern Turkish, is a shortening of شیوهٔ لسان (şive-i lisan, “idiom”).
Noun
شیوه • (şive)
- manner, style
- affectation
- grace
- accent, tone, manner of speech [20th century]
- 1923, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba[1], page 27:
- نور بابا بو سوزلری آجی بر استهزا شیوهسیله سویلهدی؛ […]
- Nur Baba bu sözleri acı bir istihza şivesile söyledi; […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- Turkish: şive
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “şive”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شیوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 742
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şive”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Persian
Etymology
From the stem of شیب (šib, “tilt, descend; bottom, base”) and شیفتن (šiftan, “to attract, to infatuate, to besot”) + ـه (-e).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃeː.ˈwa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃeː.wä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃiː.ve]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃe.vä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šēwa |
| Dari reading? | šēwa |
| Iranian reading? | šive |
| Tajik reading? | ševa |
Noun
| Dari | شیوه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шева |
شیوه • (šive) (plural شیوهها (šive-hâ))
- method, way
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 249:
- گفت آن خر کاو به شب لاحول خورد
جز بدین شیوه نداند راه کرد- guft ān xar k-ō ba šab lāhawl xward
juz badīn šēwa na-dānad rāh kard - He replied, “The ass that ate Lá hawl during the night
cannot get along except in this manner.
- guft ān xar k-ō ba šab lāhawl xward
- graceful gesture or glance, blandishment, fizgig
- craft, ruse, guile
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شیوه (šēwa)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɛː.ʋᵊ/
Noun
شَیوَہ • (śēva) m (Hindi spelling शैवा)