سیاوش

Persian

Dari	سیاوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Сиёвуш

Alternative forms

• سیاووش (siyâvuš), سیاوخش (siyâvaxš) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (syyʾwhš /⁠siyāwaxš⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (siiāuuaršan-, literally “having black stallions”). Akin to Parthian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫢 (šyyʾwš /⁠siyāwaš⁠/), Khwarezmian 𐿃𐾰𐾶𐿃 (šʾwš), Elamite 𒅆𒅀𒈥𒃻 (ši-ia-mar-šá), Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš), Arabic سِيَاوَش (siyāwaš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.waʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.wäʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.wäʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑː.wäʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔː.wäʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒː.væʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ.vuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	siyāwaš
Dari reading?	siyāwaš
Iranian reading?	siyâvaš
Tajik reading?	siyovuš

Proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

1. (Iranian mythology) Siavash
2. a male given name, Siyavash, Siavash, or Syavash

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიო (šio), სიაოშ (siaoš)
  • Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიოში (šioši), შიო (šio)
    • → Armenian: Շիոշ (Šioš)
  • → Middle Armenian: Բիուաբ (Biuab) (an incorrect transliteration due to orthographic confusion)

See also

• Siavash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Colditz, Iris (2018) Iranische Personennamen in manichäischer Überlieferung [Iranian personal names in Manichaean tradition] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 517, page 478
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979) Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 282, page 75