صیغه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِيغَة (ṣīḡa). In the sense of a marriage-like arrangement originally referring to the formula of the contract, then generalised.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sīġa
Dari reading? sīġa
Iranian reading? siġe
Tajik reading? siġa

Noun

صیغه • (siġe) (plural صیغه‌ها)

  1. (Shia Islam) mutʿah (temporary) marriage
    Synonym: متعه (mot'e)
  2. (Shia Islam) woman in a mutʿah marriage
  3. (Arabic grammar) inflected form of an Arabic word

Derived terms

  • صیغه کردن (siġe kardan)
  • صیغه‌یابی (siġe-yâbi)