synmwlw

For the constituents compare Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀‎ (saēna, literally “a raptor, either eagle or falcon”), Sanskrit श्येन (śyená), Old Armenian ցին (cʿin) on the one hand, and Persian مرغ‎ (morğ) on the other.

Akin to Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬋‎ (mər^əγō.saēnō, “the bird Saēna”), Persian سیمرغ‎ (simorğ), as well as Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), in dialects with սին- (sin-) and meaning “a mythical bird”, Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܘܪ‎ (sīmūr, “a mythical bird”), Iranian borrowings.

• IPA^(key): /seːnmuɾw/

synmwlw • (Sēn-murw)

synmwlw

1. (Iranian mythology) Senmurw, simurgh
   • Wizīdagīhā-i Zādspram, chapter 23

• mwlw (murw, “bird”)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “sēn murw”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74
• “symwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սիրամարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 219b
• Hanns-Peter Schmidt, "SIMORḠ", Iranica, July 20, 2002