شاه‌ماهی

Persian

Etymology

From شاه (šâh) +‎ ماهی (mâhi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːh.mɑː.hiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːɦ.mɑː.ɦiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːɦ.mɑː.ɦiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.mɑː.jiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.mɔː.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒːɦ.mɒː.ɦiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔɦ.mɔ.ɦi]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāh-māhī
Dari reading?	šāh-māhī
Iranian reading?	šâh-mâhi
Tajik reading?	šoh-mohi

Noun

شاه‌ماهی • (šâh-mâhi)

1. herring

Descendants

• Judeo-Tat: şamaj
• → Armenian: շամայի (šamayi), շահմայ (šahmay), շամմայի (šammayi), շահմայի (šahmayi), շամայա (šamaya), շարմահի (šarmahi), շարհամի (šarhami) — dialectal
• → Azerbaijani: şamayı
• → Georgian: შამაია (šamaia)
  • → Mingrelian: შამაია (šamaia)
• → Russian: шемая́ (šemajá), шамая́ (šamajá), шама́йка (šamájka) (via Turkic)
  • → English: shemaya