صهیون

See also: صهيون

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَهْيُون (ṣahyūn), from Classical Syriac ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣɛhyōn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sah.ˈjuːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦ.júːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦ.júːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.júːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɦ.júːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦ.jún]

Readings
Classical reading?	sahyūn
Dari reading?	sahyūn
Iranian reading?	sahyun
Tajik reading?	sahyun

Proper noun

صهیون • (sahyūn / sahyun) (Tajik spelling Саҳюн)

1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

Derived terms

• رژیم صهیونیستی (rižīm-i sahyūnīstī / režim-e sahyunisti, “Zionist entity”)
• صهیونی (sahyūnī / sahyuni, “Zionist”)
• صهیونیست (sahyūnīst / sahyunist, “Zionist”)
• صهیونیستی (sahyūnīstī / sahyunisti, “Zionist”)
• صهیونیسم (sahyūnīsm / sahyunism, “Zionism”)

Descendants

• → Urdu: صیہون (saīhūn), صہیون (sahyūn)