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Etymology edit

Akin to Middle Persian 𐭮𐭩𐭭𐭬𐭥𐭫𐭥: synmwlw (sēn-murw).

According to folk etymology a compound of سی (si, thirty) and مرغ (morğ, bird). See also The Speech of the Birds.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sīmurğ
Dari reading? sīmurğ
Iranian reading? simorğ
Tajik reading? simurġ

Proper noun edit

Dari سیمرغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik Симурғ

سیمرغ (simorğ)

  1. (Iranian mythology) simurgh