همسایه

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmsʾdk' /⁠hamsāyag⁠/, neighbour), whence also Old Armenian համսայեակ (hamsayeak). By surface analysis, هم (ham, same) +‎ سایه (sâye, shadow, shade). Cognate with Northern Kurdish hevsî (neighbour).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Readings
Classical reading? hamsāya
Dari reading? hamsāya
Iranian reading? hamsâye
Tajik reading? hamsoya

Noun[edit]

Dari همسایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳамсоя

همسایه (hamsâye) (plural همسایه‌ها (hamsâye-hâ) or همسایگان (hamsâyegân))

  1. neighbour
    کشور همسایه ایرانkešvar-e hamsâye-ye irânneighbor countries of Iran

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “համսայեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 28b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41