safir

Borrowed from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈfir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈfir]

• Audio (Valencia):

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safir m (plural safirs)

1. sapphire

• “safir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “safir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “safir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “safir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): /safiːr/, [saˈfiɐ̯ˀ]

safir c (singular definite safiren, plural indefinite safirer)

1. sapphire

• “safir” in Den Danske Ordbog
• safir on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Dutch saffier, from Middle Dutch saffier, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafɪr]
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

safir

1. sapphire

• sapir

• “safir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• safiro

From Old French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros), or an apocopic form of safiro.

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/

safir m (plural safiros)

1. sapphire
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v:

     Et eſta piedra es cardena en ſu color aſſi q̃ ſemeia al ſafir en la cardenor mas nõ en la luz. ca a eſta nõ traspaſſa el uiso como al ſafir faze ca la su color es mucho espeſſa ⁊ turuia

     And this stone is purple in color, so that it resembles the sapphire in purpleness; but not in light, for sight cannot see through it like it does through sapphire, for its color is too thick and murky.

• Spanish: zafiro

Borrowed from French saphir, from Latin sapphirus.

safir n (plural safire)

1. sapphire

• IPA^(key): /sǎfiːr/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

sàfīr m inan (Cyrillic spelling са̀фӣр)

1. sapphire

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/ [saˈfiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧fir

safir m (plural safires)

1. (dated) sapphire

   Synonym: zafiro

• “safir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• Rhymes: -iːr

safir c

1. sapphire

• firas, fisar, frias

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفیر, from French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

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safir (definite accusative safiri, plural safirler)

1. sapphire

   Synonym: gök yakut

• safir mavisi

• “safir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “safir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı