سیمین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیمین (sīmīn)

Noun

سیمین • (simin)

1. silver, of silver; silvered
2. silvery, silver-like; white

   Synonyms: گومشی (gümüşi); آق (ak)

3. bright

   Synonym: چیل (çil)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “simin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4245b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سیمین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 710b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیمین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1104a

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] ((a)sēmēn); by surface analysis, سیم (sim, “silver”) +‎ ین (-in, “adjectival suffix, -en”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.miːn]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.miːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.min]

Readings
Classical reading?	sīmīn
Dari reading?	sīmīn
Iranian reading?	simin
Tajik reading?	simin

Adjective

سیمین • (simin) (literary)

1. silver, silvery

   Synonym: نقره‌ای (noqre-'i)

2. bright, white

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سیمین (simin)

Proper noun

سیمین • (simin)

1. a female given name, Simin, from Middle Persian