سپردیس

Persian

Etymology

From سپر (separ, “shield”) +‎ ـدیس (dis, “-shaped”), literally “shield-shaped”. Coined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in 2005 through a Persian calque of Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.paɾ.deːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰäɾ.d̪eːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰäɾ.d̪eːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰäɾ.d̪eːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.pʰäɾ.d̪eːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.pʰæɹ.d̪iːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.pʰäɾ.d̪es]

Readings
Classical reading?	sipardēs
Dari reading?	sipardēs
Iranian reading?	separdis
Tajik reading?	sipardes

Noun

سپردیس • (separdis)

1. (anatomy) thyroid

   Synonym: تیروئید (tiro'id)

References

• واژه‌یاب