Safavid

English

Alternative forms

• Safawid

Etymology

From Persian صفوی (Safavi) +‎ -id, from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (Ṣafawiyy), from صَفِيّ (Ṣafiyy, “Safi-ad-Din Ardabili”) + ـَوـ (-aw-, “interfix”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, “-i, -y: forming adjectives and related nouns”).

Adjective

Safavid (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Safavid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty which ruled Iran between the 16th and 18th centuries.

   Synonym: Safavi

Translations

relating to the Safavid dynasty

• Arabic: صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy)
• Armenian: Սեֆյան (Sefyan)
• Azerbaijani: Səfəvi
• Bengali: সাফাবী (śaphabi)
• French: safavide (fr)
• German: safawidisch
• Italian: safavide
• Russian: сефеви́дский (sefevídskij)
• Spanish: safávida
• Turkmen: Sefewi
• Uzbek: Safaviy

Noun

Safavid (plural Safavids)

1. A member of the Safavid dynasty.

   Synonym: Safavi

2. (informal) A member of the Safavid Empire, an Iranian.

   Synonym: Safavi

Translations

member of the Safavid dynasty

• Armenian: Սեֆյան (Sefyan)
• Azerbaijani: Səfəvi
• Bengali: সাফাবী (śaphabi)
• French: Safavide (fr)
• Italian: Safavide
• Persian: صفوی (fa) (safavi)
• Russian: сефеви́д (ru) m (sefevíd)
• Turkish: Safevî
• Uzbek: Safaviy