sydän

From Proto-Finnic *südän, from Proto-Uralic *śüdäme. Cognate with Estonian süda, Erzya седей (sedej), Northern Mansi сым (sym) and Hungarian szív.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsydæn/, [ˈs̠ydæn]
• Rhymes: -ydæn
• Syllabification^(key): sy‧dän
• Hyphenation^(key): sy‧dän
• Note that the pronunciation of inflected or derived words with the stem sydäm- is somewhat irregular, as the m is often pronounced long, as if sydämm-.

sydän

1. heart (organ)
2. (figurative) heart (one's feelings and emotions; seat of the affections or sensibilities)
3. heart (symbol representing a heart, except on playing cards)

   Synonym: hertta (“heart symbol”) (including on playing cards)

4. heart, core (centre, essence, most important thing)

   Synonym: ydin

   reaktorisydän ― (nuclear) reactor core

5. wick (of a candle)

• “sydän”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023