صفوی

See also: صفوي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).

Noun

صفوی • (safevi)

1. a Safavi

Descendants

• Turkish: Safevî

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.fa.ˈwiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.fæ.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	safawī
Dari reading?	safawī
Iranian reading?	safavi
Tajik reading?	safavi

Noun

صفوی • (safavi) (plural صفویان (safaviyân))

1. a Safavi

Further reading

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