شایان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شایان. Related to Persian شاید (šâyad).

Adjective

شایان • (şayan)

1. fitting, suitable, worthy

Descendants

• Turkish: şayan

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şayan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شایان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1113

Persian

Etymology

From شای (šây-, present stem of شایستن (šâyastan)) +‎ ـان (-ân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈjɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.jɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.jɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.jɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.jɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāyān
Dari reading?	šāyān
Iranian reading?	šâyân
Tajik reading?	šoyon

Adjective

شایان • (šâyân)

1. worthy, deserving

   Synonyms: سزاوار (sazâvâr), لایق (lâyeq), شایسته (šâyaste)

Further reading

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