سیماب
Persian
Etymology
سیم (sim, “silver”) + آب (âb, “water”). Semantically, compare e.g. Ancient Greek ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros), Chinese 水銀／水银 (shuǐyín).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /siːmɑːb/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /siːmɒːb/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /siːmɒːb/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /simɔːb/
Noun
| Dari Persian | سیماب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | симоб (simob) |
سیماب • (simâb)
- quicksilver, mercury (type of metal)
- Synonyms: جیوه (jive), زیبق (zeybaq)
- 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
- زمین از جلوه سرشار مهتاب تموج داشت همچون آب سیماب
- zamin az jelve-ye saršâr-e mahtâb tamavvoj dâšt hamčon âb-e simâb
- With the inebriated epiphany of moonlight, the earth made a wave-like movement, resembling quicksilver.
Derived terms
- سیمابی (simâbi)
Descendants
- → Kazakh: сынап (sınap)
- → Kyrgyz: сымап (sımap)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیماب (sîmâb)
- → Turkmen: simap
- → Uyghur: سىماب (simab)
- → Uzbek: simob