سایه
See also: سایہ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sʾdk'), 𐫘𐫀𐫏𐫃 (sʾyg /sāyag/), from Old Persian *θāyakā, from Proto-Iranian *caHyā́kaH.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sɑːja/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /sɑːja/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /sɒːje/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /sɔja/
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Noun
Dari | سایه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | соя (soya) |
سایه • (sâye) (plural سایهها (sâye-hâ))
- shadow
- c. 1230, Fakhr-i Mudabbir, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Ceremonials of War and Valor]:
- سلطان سایهٔ خدای است
- sultān sāya-yi xudāy ast
- The ruler is the shadow of God.
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- shade
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
- سایهٔ طوبی و دلجوییِ حور و لبِ حوض
به هوایِ سرِ کویِ تو برفت از یادم- sāya-yi tūbā wu diljūyi-yi hūr o lab-i hawz
ba hawā-yi sar-i kōy-i tō biraft az yād-am - The shade of the Ṭūbā, the caress of the houri, the banks of the Kawthar:
A breeze from your alleyway, and I forgot them all.
- sāya-yi tūbā wu diljūyi-yi hūr o lab-i hawz
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- (figuratively) shelter, protection
Derived terms
- سایبان (sâyebân)
- سایه افکن (sâye afkan)
- سایه خشک (sâye-xošk)
- سایه روشن (sâye-rowšan)
- سایه پرورده (sâye-parvarde)
- سایه چشم (sâye-češm, “eyeshadow”)
- سایهدار (sâye-dâr)
- سایهزن (sâye-zan, “shader”)
- سایهنشین (sâye-nešin)
- سایهگاه (sâye-gâh)
- سایه گستر (sâye-gostar)
- سبک سایه (sabok-sâye)
- همسایه (ham-sâye, “neighbor”)
Descendants
- → Chagatai:
- Uyghur: سايە (saye)
- Uzbek: soya
- → Kazakh: сая (saä)
- → Hindustani: sāya
- Hindi: साया
- Urdu: سایہ
- → Ottoman Turkish: سایه (saye)
- Turkish: saye
- → Pashto: سايه (sāyá)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਸਾਇਆ (sāiā)
- Shahmukhi: سایَہ (sāyah)
- → Sanglechi: سایه (sā̊yɛ)
- → Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *sœ̄yœ̄́ (“shadow; temple”)
- Sarikoli: suyo
- Shughni: sōyā
- → Wakhi: سویہ (soyá, “temple”)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic: سايو
- Devanagari: सायो