شمشیر

See also: شمشێر and شمشير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian شمشیر (šamšir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛm.ˈʃiɾ]
• IPA^(key): [ʃim.ˈʃiɾ]

Noun

شمشیر • (şemşir, şimşir)

1. sword, sabre

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: շիմշիր (šimšir)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃim.ˈʃiɾ]

Noun

شمشیر • (şimşir)

1. alternative form of چمشیر (çimşir, “box tree”)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شمشیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 2860–2861

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšyl /⁠šamšēr⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (špšyl), 𐫢𐫜𐫢𐫏𐫡 (šfšyr /⁠šafšēr⁠/, “sword”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫘𐫜𐫘𐫏𐫡 (sfsyr /⁠safsēr⁠/, “sword”). Compare Iranian borrowings Old Armenian սուսեր (suser, “sword”), Classical Syriac ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ספסרא, ספסירא (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”), Ancient Greek σαμψήρα (sampsḗra, “foreign sword”), and possibly Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃæmˈʃeːɾ]
• IPA^(key): [ʃæmˈʃiːɾ]

Noun

Dari	شمشیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шамшер

شمشیر • (šamšir) (plural شمشیرها (šamšir-hâ))

1. sword, scimitar, shamshir

Synonyms

• سیف (seyf) (archaic)

Related terms

• شفشه (šafše), شوشه (šuše, “ingot”).

Derived terms

• شمشیرزن (šamširzan)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: شمشیر (şemşir, şimşir)
  • → Middle Armenian: շիմշիր (šimšir)

References

• “spsyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šafšēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• M. J. Kümmel, "Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel", 2010, page 33

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian شمشیر (šamšir).

Noun

شمشیر • (śamśer, śamśīr) f (Hindi spelling शमशेर or शमशीर)

1. sword, scimitar, shamshir