سفالین

Persian

Etymology

From سفال (sofal/sefal, “earthenware”) +‎ ـین (-in).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.fɑː.ˈliːn], [si.fɑː.ˈliːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.fɑː.líːn], [sɪ.fɑː.líːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.fɑː.líːn], [sɪ.fɑː.líːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.fɑː.líːn], [sɪ.fɑː.líːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.fɔː.lín], [si.fɔː.lín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.fɒː.líːn], [se.fɒː.líːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.fɔ.lín], [si.fɔ.lín]

Readings
Classical reading?	sufālīn, sifālīn
Dari reading?	sufālīn, sifālīn
Iranian reading?	sofâlin, sefâlin
Tajik reading?	sufolin, sifolin

Adjective

سفالین • (sofâlin or sefâlin)

1. earthen (especially of earthenware)
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 134:

     زینت ظرف صراحی نیست رندانرا بکار
     باده باید گر سفالینست گر از زر قدح

     zīnat-i zarf-i surāhī nēst rindān-rā ba-kār
     bāda bāyad gar sifālīn ast gar az zar qadah

     The ornamentation of the wine flask is of no use to the ruffians;
     There must be wine, whether the goblet is of earth or gold.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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