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سایه

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See also: سایہ

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sʾdk'), 𐫘𐫀𐫏𐫃 (sʾyg /⁠sāyag⁠/), from Old Persian *θāyakā, from Proto-Iranian *caHyā́kaH.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sāya
Dari reading? sāya
Iranian reading? sâye
Tajik reading? soya
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Noun

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Dari سایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik соя

سایه (sâye) (plural سایه‌ها (sâye-hâ))

  1. 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)
  2. shade
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎[1]:
      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)
  3. (figuratively) shelter, protection

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chagatai:
  • Gujarati: સાયો (sāyo)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: साया (sāyā)
    Urdu: سایہ (sāya)
  • Ottoman Turkish: سایه (saye)
  • Pashto: سايه (sāyá)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਇਆ (sāiā)
    Shahmukhi script: سایَہ (sāyah)
  • Sanglechi: سایه (sā̊yɛ)
  • Proto-Shughni-Roshani: [Term?] (shadow; temple)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: سايو
    Devanagari script: सायो