Persian

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Etymology

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From سیاه (siyâh, black) +‎ پوش (puš, present stem of پوشیدن (pušidan, to wear)).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? siyāhpōš
Dari reading? siyāhpōš
Iranian reading? siyâhpuš
Tajik reading? siyohpüš

Adjective

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سیاه‌پوش (siyâh-puš)

  1. dressed in black; black-robed

Noun

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سیاه‌پوش (siyâh-puš) (plural سیاه‌پوشان (siyâh-pušân))

  1. mourner
  2. (historical) follower of sixteenth-century anti-Safavid rebellions in the northern province of Astarabad, who dressed in black
  3. (historical) member of the Siah-posh Kafirs (a certain clans of pre-Islamic Nuristani society)

Proper noun

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سیاه‌پوش (siyâh-puš)

  1. Siah Push (name of several villages in Iran)