سایه

See also: سایہ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sʾdk'), 𐫘𐫀𐫏𐫃‎ (sʾyg /sāyag/), from Old Persian *θāyakā, from Proto-Iranian *caHyā́kaH.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sɑːja/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sɑːja/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sɒːje/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /sɔja/

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Noun

Dari	سایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	соя (soya)

سایه • (sâye) (plural سایه‌ها‎ (sâye-hâ))

1. shadow
   • c. 1230, Fakhr-i Mudabbir, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Ceremonials of War and Valor]:

     ‏سلطان سایهٔ خدای است‎

     sultân sâya-yi xudây ast

     The ruler is the shadow of God.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

2. shade
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     ‏‌ سایهٔ طوبی و دلجوییِ حور و لبِ حوض
     به هوایِ سرِ کویِ تو برفت از یادم‎

     sâya-yi tûbâ wu diljûyi-yi hûr o lab-i hawz
     ba hawâ-yi sar-i kôy-i tô biraft az yâd-am

     The shade of the Ṭūbā, the caress of the houri, the banks of the Kawthar:
     A breeze from your alleyway, and I forgot them all.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

3. (figuratively) shelter, protection

Derived terms

• سایبان‎ (sâyebân)
• سایه افکن‎ (sâye afkan)
• سایه خشک‎ (sâye-xošk)
• سایه روشن‎ (sâye-rowšan)
• سایه پرورده‎ (sâye-parvarde)
• سایه چشم‎ (sâye-češm, “eyeshadow”)
• سایه‌ گستر‎ (sâye-gostar)
• سایه‌دار‎ (sâye-dâr)
• سایه‌زن‎ (sâye-zan, “shader”)
• سایه‌نشین‎ (sâye-nešin)
• سایه‌گاه‎ (sâye-gâh)
• سبک سایه‎ (sabok-sâye)
• همسایه‎ (ham-sâye, “neighbor”)

 

Descendants

• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: سايە‎ (saye)
  • Uzbek: soya
  • → Kazakh: сая (saä)
• → Hindustani: sāya

  Hindi: साया

  Urdu: سایہ‎

• → Ottoman Turkish: سایه‎ (saye)
  • Turkish: saye
• → Pashto: سايه‎ (sāyá)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਇਆ (sāiā)

  Shahmukhi script: سایَہ‎ (sāyah)

• → Sanglechi: سایه (sā̊yɛ)
• → Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *sœ̄yœ̄́ (“shadow; temple”)
  • Sarikoli: suyo
  • Shughni: sōyā
    • → Wakhi: سویہ‎ (soyá, “temple”)
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: سايو‎

  Devanagari script: सायो