سیلان
See also: سيلان
Persian
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Arabic سَيَلَان (sayalān).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.ja.lɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sejæ.lɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.jä.lɔn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sayalān |
Dari reading? | sayalān |
Iranian reading? | seyalân |
Tajik reading? | sayalon |
Noun
editسَیَلان • (sayalân)
Etymology 2
editUltimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [saj.ˈlɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sej.lɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säj.lɔ́n]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | saylān |
Dari reading? | saylān |
Iranian reading? | seylân |
Tajik reading? | saylon |
Proper noun
editسیلان • (seylân)
Descendants
edit- → Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան (selyan), սելան (selan), սիլան (silan), սէյլան (sēylan), սէլեան (sēlean), սէլան (sēlan) — traditional orthography
- → Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
- → Old French: Seilan
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سیلان تاشی (Seylan taşı, “garnet”)
- Turkish: Seylan, Seylan taşı
- → Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
- → Malay: Sailan, selan
Further reading
edit- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیلان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 717