See also: سفينة

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سَفِينَة (safīna, ship).

Noun edit

سفینه (sefine) (plural سفاین (sefain))

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonyms: فلك (fulk), كشتی (keşti), كمی (gemi)
  2. notebook, a book in which notes or memoranda are written
    Synonym: دفتر (defter)
  3. (astronomy) Argo Navis, a large constellation of the Southern Hemisphere

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: sefine

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَفِينَة (safīna).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? safīna
Dari reading? safīna
Iranian reading? safine
Tajik reading? safina

Noun edit

سفینه (safine)

  1. spacecraft
    Synonym: فضاپیما (fazâpeymâ)
  2. ship, vessel
    • c. 1688, محمد ربیع بن ابراهیم [Moḥammad Rabiʾ b. Ebrāhim], “Introduction”, in سفینه سلیمانی [Safine-ye Solaymani]:
      سفینه سلیمانی که سیاحان محیط عبودیت را از تصادم بتلاطم انواع امواج بیکران سرگشتگی بساحل نجات تواند رسانید []
      safine-ye soleymâni ke sayyâhân-e mohit-e 'obudiyyat râ az tasâddom be talâtom-e anvâ'-e amvâj-e bikarân-e sargaštegi be sâhel-e nejât tavânad rasânid []
      The ship of Sulaimān, which can deliver the travellers of the ocean of servitude [to God] from collision, through the dashing of ranks of unbounded waves of perplexity, to the coast of salvation []
  3. collection of poetry