سفیر

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَفِير (safīr, ambassador).

Noun

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سفیر (sefir) (definite accusative سفیری (sefiri), plural سفرا (süferâ))

  1. envoy, representative, someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body
    Synonym: مبعوث (mebʼus)
  2. ambassador, a minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country
    Synonym: ایلچی (ilçi)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: sefir

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَفِير (safīr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? safīr
Dari reading? safīr
Iranian reading? safir
Tajik reading? safir

Noun

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Dari سفیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik сафир

سفیر (safir) (plural سفرا (sofarâ) or سفیران (safirân))

  1. ambassador
    سفیر کنونی بریتانیا در ایران
    safir-e konuni-ye beritâniyâ dar irân
    the current British ambassador to Iran
  2. (historical) envoy, messenger
    Synonyms: ايلچى (ilči), پیغامبر (peyğâmbar)
    • c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 106”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎[6]:
      قران را به پیغمبرت ناورید
      مگر جبرئیل آن مبارک سفیر
      qur'ān rā ba payğambar-at n-āwarīd
      magar jibra'īl ān mubārak safīr
      No other than Gabriel, that blessed messenger,
      Brought the Quran to your prophet.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. (rare) mediator
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Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سفیر (safīr), from Arabic سَفِير (safīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَفِیر (safīrm (Hindi spelling सफ़ीर)

  1. ambassador, envoy
  2. arbitrator, messenger
  3. mediator

See also

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References

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  • سفیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سفیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.