سپهر
Persian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [si.ˈpihɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [se.pʰéɦɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.pʰéɦɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sipihr |
Dari reading? | sipehr |
Iranian reading? | sepehr |
Tajik reading? | sipehr |
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl), 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr /spihr/, “sphere, sky”), from Old Persian *spiθrah.
Noun edit
سپهر • (sepehr)
Proper noun edit
سپهر • (sepehr)
- a male given name from Middle Persian
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Urdu: سِپَر (sipar)
Etymology 2 edit
Phono-semantic matching of French sphère and/or English sphere, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra), which is not originally related to etymology 1 above. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
سپهر • (sepehr)
- (physics, in compounds) sphere (as in stratosphere)