صیغه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِيغَة (ṣīḡa). In the sense of a marriage-like arrangement originally referring to the formula of the contract, then generalised.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [siː.ˈɣa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.ɣǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.ɣǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [siː.ɣǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.ɣǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.ɢé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.ʁǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sīğa
Dari reading?	sīğa
Iranian reading?	siğe
Tajik reading?	siġa

Noun

صیغه • (siğe) (plural صیغه‌ها (siğe-hâ))

1. (Twelver Shiite Islam) mut'a; sigheh; temporary marriage (a religiously legitimate form of relationship between a man and a woman that, in comparison to actual marriage, involves lesser financial duties for the former and lesser duties of obedience for the latter)

   Synonym: متعه (mot'e)

2. a woman in such an arrangement
3. (grammar) form

Derived terms

• صیغه کردن (siğe kardan)
• صیغه‌یابی (siğe-yâbi)