همسایه

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmsʾdk' /hamsāyag/, “neighbour”), whence also Old Armenian համսայեակ (hamsayeak). By surface analysis, هم‎ (ham, “same”) +‎ سایه‎ (sâye, “shadow, shade”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish hevsî (“neighbour”).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /hamsɑːja/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /hamsɒːja/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /hæmsɒːje/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /hamsɔːja/

همسایه • (hamsâye) (plural همسایه‌ها‎ (hamsâye-hâ) or همسایگان‎ (hamsâyegân))

1. neighbour

   ‏کشور همسایه ایران‎ ― kešvar-e hamsâye-ye irân ― neighbor countries of Iran

• → Hindustani: hamsāyā

  Hindi: हमसाया

  Urdu: ہمسایَہ‎

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਮਸਾਇਆ (hamsāiā)

  Shahmukhi script: ہَمسایَہ‎ (hamsāyah)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “համսայեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 28b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41