سی

See also: سے, شي, شی, ـسی, and ـسى

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian sag, from Old Persian *𐏂𐎣 (*çaka-) (compare an Iranian denotation of the dog *spaka-, Old Median σπάκα (spáka), Northern Kurdish se, seg, and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), from Middle Median *aspak), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

سی (say)

dog

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian čē.

Preposition

سی (sī)

for

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [siː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sī
Dari reading^?	sī
Iranian reading^?	si
Tajik reading^?	si

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian syh (sīh), from older *θrīh, from Proto-Iranian *θriHcát, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *triHćát.

Alternative forms

Persian numerals: ۳۰

Numeral

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
		300^{[a], [b]}
← 20	← 29	۳۰ 30	31 →	40 →
		3
Cardinal: سی (si) Ordinal: سی‌ام (siom)

سی • (si) (Persian numeral ۳ ۰)

thirty

Related terms

سه (seh)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian čē.

Preposition

سی • (si)

(dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) for
(dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) in order to

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cee.

Noun

سی • (si)

Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter c in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

سی‌آی‌ای (si-ây-ey)
سی‌دی (si-di)

Etymology 4

Noun

سی • (si)

(music) B, Si (the seventh note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
(music) Ti (the seventh note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the leading note)

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर (sūra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si/

Noun

سی (sī)

sun

Ushojo

Noun

سی (sī) m

male lion