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

Iranian Persian	سایه
Dari	سایه
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
  sultân sâya-yi xudây ast
  The ruler is the shadow of God.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
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
  sâya-yi tûbâ wu diljûyi-yi hûr o lab-i hawz
  ba hawâ-yi sar-i kôy-i tô biraft az yâd-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.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
(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”)
سایه‌ گستر‎ (sâye-gostar)
سایه‌دار‎ (sâye-dâr)
سایه‌زن‎ (sâye-zan, “shader”)
سایه‌نشین‎ (sâye-nešin)
سایه‌گاه‎ (sâye-gâh)
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 script: ਸਾਇਆ (sāiā)

Shahmukhi script: سایَہ‎ (sāyah)
→ Sanglechi: سایه (sā̊yɛ)
→ Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *sœ̄yœ̄́ (“shadow; temple”)
- Sarikoli: suyo
- Shughni: sōyā
  - → Wakhi: سویہ‎ (soyá, “temple”)
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: سايو‎

Devanagari script: सायो

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