سیاهی

Persian

Etymology

سیاه (siyâh) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.ɦíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.ɦíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒː.ɦíː]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	siyāhī
Dari reading?	siyāhī
Iranian reading?	siyâhi
Tajik reading?	siyohi

Noun

سیاهی • (siyâhi)

1. blackness
2. darkness
3. shade
4. nightmare
5. ink

Descendants

• → Assamese: চিয়াঁহী (siãhi)
• → Gujarati: શાહી (śāhī)
• → Hindustani: syāhī

  Devanagari script: स्याही

  Shahmukhi script: سِئاہی

• → Marathi: शाई (śāī)
  • → Kannada: ಶಾಯಿ (śāyi)
• → Punjabi: siāhī

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਆਹੀ

  Shahmukhi script: سِئاہی

• → Rohingya: cíai
• → Santali: ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱦᱤ (siyahi)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیاهی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul