سپهر

Persian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl), Manichaean 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr /⁠spihr⁠/, “sphere, sky”), from Old Persian *𐎿𐎱𐎡𐎰𐎼 (spiθra) (compare Ancient Greek Σπιθρι-δάτης (Spithri-dátēs)); ultimatlely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).

Noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

1. (literary) sky, heaven

   Synonym: آسمان (âsmân, âsemân)

Proper noun

سپهر • (Sepehr)

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• سپهری (Sepehri)
• سپهرداد (Sepehrdad)

Descendants

• Urdu: سِپَر (sípár)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of French sphère and/or English sphere, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra), which is not originally related to etymology 1 above. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

1. (physics, in compounds) sphere (as in stratosphere)