ساحل

Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ħil/
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

سَاحِل • (sāḥil) m (dual سَاحِلَان (sāḥilān), plural سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil))

1. coast
2. seaside

Declension

Declension of noun سَاحِل (sāḥil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاحِل sāḥil	السَّاحِل as-sāḥil	سَاحِل sāḥil
Nominative	سَاحِلٌ sāḥilun	السَّاحِلُ as-sāḥilu	سَاحِلُ sāḥilu
Accusative	سَاحِلًا sāḥilan	السَّاحِلَ as-sāḥila	سَاحِلَ sāḥila
Genitive	سَاحِلٍ sāḥilin	السَّاحِلِ as-sāḥili	سَاحِلِ sāḥili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاحِلَيْن sāḥilayn	السَّاحِلَيْن as-sāḥilayn	سَاحِلَيْ sāḥilay
Nominative	سَاحِلَانِ sāḥilāni	السَّاحِلَانِ as-sāḥilāni	سَاحِلَا sāḥilā
Accusative	سَاحِلَيْنِ sāḥilayni	السَّاحِلَيْنِ as-sāḥilayni	سَاحِلَيْ sāḥilay
Genitive	سَاحِلَيْنِ sāḥilayni	السَّاحِلَيْنِ as-sāḥilayni	سَاحِلَيْ sāḥilay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوَاحِل sawāḥil	السَّوَاحِل as-sawāḥil	سَوَاحِل sawāḥil
Nominative	سَوَاحِلُ sawāḥilu	السَّوَاحِلُ as-sawāḥilu	سَوَاحِلُ sawāḥilu
Accusative	سَوَاحِلَ sawāḥila	السَّوَاحِلَ as-sawāḥila	سَوَاحِلَ sawāḥila
Genitive	سَوَاحِلَ sawāḥila	السَّوَاحِلِ as-sawāḥili	سَوَاحِلِ sawāḥili

Derived terms

• سَاحِلِيّ (sāḥiliyy)
• سَاحِل الْعَاج (sāḥil al-ʕāj, “Ivory Coast”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sahil
• → Chagatai: ساحل
  • Uyghur: ساھىل (sahil)
  • Uzbek: sohil
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: साहिल (sāhil)
  • Urdu: ساحل
• → Ottoman Turkish: ساحل (sâhıl)
  • Turkish: sahil
  • Crimean Tatar: sahil, sail
• → Pashto: ساحل
• → Persian: ساحل (sâhel)
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: ساحِل (sāḥil)
• → Sindhi: ساحل

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Noun

ساحل (transliteration needed)

1. coast

Descendants

• Uyghur: ساھىل (sahil)
• Uzbek: sohil

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Noun

ساحل • (sâhıl)

1. coast

Derived terms

• ساحلی (sâhılî, “coastal”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: sahil

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Noun

ساحل • (transliteration needed) m

1. coast

Derived terms

• ساحلي (“coastal”)

 

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈhil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɦɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɦɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ɦél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ɦíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	sāhil
Dari reading?	sāhil
Iranian reading?	sâhel
Tajik reading?	sohil

Noun

Dari	ساحل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	соҳил

ساحل • (sâhel) (plural ساحل‌ها (sâhel-hâ) or سواحل (savâhel))

1. coast; waterside

   Synonyms: کرانه (karâne), دریاکنار (daryâkenâr), بار (bâr)

   ساحل رود ― sâhel-e rud ― riverside

   ساحل شرقی ― sâhel-e šarqi ― eastern coast

   سواحل دریای خزر ― savâhel-e daryâ-ye xazar ― coasts of the Caspian Sea

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل
     کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحل‌ها

     šab-i tārīk u bīm-i mawj u girdābē čunīn hāyil
     kujā dānand hāl-i mā sabukbārān-i sāhil-hā

     The dark night, the fear of waves, such a terrifying whirlpool!
     How can they know our state, those with light burdens on the shore?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. beach

Derived terms

• ساحل صحرا (sâhel-e sahrâ, “the Sahel”)
• ساحل عاج (sâhel-e ‘âj, “Ivory Coast”)
• ساحلی (sâheli, “coastal”)

 

Proper noun

Dari	ساحل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Соҳил

ساحل • (sâhel)

1. a female given name, Sahel, from Arabic

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ساحل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Noun

ساحِل • (sāḥil) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਲ)

1. coast

Derived terms

• ساحِلِی (sāḥilī, “coastal”)

 

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ساحِل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Noun

ساحل • (transliteration needed) ?

1. coast

Derived terms

• ساحلي (“coastal”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪl/

Noun

ساحِل • (sāhil) m (Hindi spelling साहिल)

1. coast, shore

   Synonym: کنارہ (kinārā)

Derived terms

• ساحِلِی (sāhilī, “coastal”)

 

Proper noun

ساحِل • (sāhil) f (Hindi spelling साहिल)

1. a female given name