سیمین
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian سیمین (sīmīn)
Noun edit
سیمین • (simin)
References edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “simin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4245b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سیمین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 710b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیمین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1104a
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] ((a)sēmēn); by surface analysis, سیم (sim, “silver”) + ین (-in, “adjectival suffix, -en”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [siː.miːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siː.miːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.min]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sīmīn |
Dari reading? | sīmīn |
Iranian reading? | simin |
Tajik reading? | simin |
Adjective edit
Descendants edit
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیمین (simin)
Proper noun edit
سیمین • (simin)
- a female given name, Simin, from Middle Persian