سیج

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (syc /⁠sēj⁠/, “danger, trouble”), compare Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ⁱθiiejah).

Noun

سیج • (sij) (plural سیج‌ها (sij-hâ))

1. (obsolete) danger

   Synonym: خطر (xatar)

2. (obsolete) suffering, hardship

   Synonyms: سختی (saxti), محنت (mehnat), مشقت (mašqat), رنج (ranj)

Derived terms

• سیجناک (sijnâk)

 

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سیج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sēj”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74