Сион

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	سيون
Cyrillic	Сион
Latin	Sion

Etymology

From Russian Сио́н (Sión), from Old East Slavic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Proper noun

Сион • (Sion)

1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

Russian

Alternative forms

• Сіо́нъ (Sión), (uncommon) Сио́нъ (Sión) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Compare Ukrainian Сіо́н (Sión) and Belarusian Сіён (Sijón), Сыён (Syjón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈon]

Proper noun

Сио́н • (Sión) m inan (genitive Сио́на, relational adjective сио́нский or сио́новый)

1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

Declension

Declension of Сио́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Сио́н Sión
genitive	Сио́на Sióna
dative	Сио́ну Siónu
accusative	Сио́н Sión
instrumental	Сио́ном Siónom
prepositional	Сио́не Sióne

Related terms

• сиони́зм (sionízm)
• сиони́ст (sioníst)
• сионисти́ческий (sionistíčeskij)
• сиони́стка (sionístka)
• сиони́стский (sionístskij)
• сио́новый (siónovyj)
• сио́нский (siónskij)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: Сион (Sion)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Сионъ (Sionŭ), from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Doublet of Цѝон.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǐoːn/
• Hyphenation: Си‧он

Proper noun

Сѝо̄н m inan (Latin spelling Sìōn)

1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

   Synonym: Цѝон

Declension

Declension of Сион

	singular
nominative	Сѝо̄н
genitive	Сѝо̄на
dative	Сѝо̄ну
accusative	Сѝо̄н
vocative	Сѝо̄не
locative	Сѝо̄ну
instrumental	Сѝо̄ном