صفوی

See also: صفوي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ‎ (ṣafawiyy).

Noun

صفوی • (safevi)

a Safavi

Descendants

Turkish: Safevî

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صفوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ‎ (ṣafawiyy).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /safaˈwiː/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /safaˈvi/

Noun

صفوی • (safavi) (plural صفویان‎ (safaviyân))

a Safavi

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صفوی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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