سپهر

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.ˈpihɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰɪ́ɦɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰɪ́ɦɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.pʰíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.pʰéɦɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.pʰéɦɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sipihr
Dari reading?	sipehr
Iranian reading?	sepehr
Tajik reading?	sipehr

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl), 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr /⁠spihr⁠/, “sphere, sky”), from Old Persian *spiθrah.

Noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

1. (literary) sky, heaven

   Synonym: آسمان (âsmân, âsemân)

Proper noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

1. a male given name from Middle Persian

Derived terms

• سپهری (sepehri)
• سپهرداد (sepehrdâd)

Descendants

• Urdu: سِپَر (sipar)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of French sphère and/or English sphere, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra), which is not originally related to etymology 1 above. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

1. (physics, in compounds) sphere (as in stratosphere)