سیلان

See also: سيلان‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَيَلَان‎ (sayalān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sajalɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sajalɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæjælɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /sajalɔn/

Noun

سَیَلان • (sayalân)

flow; flux
Synonym: جریان‎ (jaryân)
flood

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sajˈlɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sajˈlɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sejˈlɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /sajˈlɔn/

Proper noun

سیلان • (seylân)

Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
Synonym: سراندیپ‎ (sarândip)

Descendants

→ Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան (selyan), սելան (selan), սիլան (silan); սէյլան (sēylan), սէլեան (sēlean), սէլան (sēlan)
→ Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
→ Old French: Seilan
- French: Ceylan
- → Portuguese: Ceilão
  - → English: Ceylon
  - → Spanish: Ceylán
→ Ottoman Turkish: سیلان‎ (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سیلان تاشی‎ (Seylan taşı, “garnet”)
- Turkish: Seylan, Seylan taşı
→ Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سیلان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 717

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