safir

See also: Safir, safír, and Safír

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈfir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈfir]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

safir m (plural safirs)

1. sapphire

Further reading

• “safir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “safir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “safir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “safir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /safiːr/, [saˈfiɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

safir c (singular definite safiren, plural indefinite safirer)

1. sapphire

Declension

Declension of safir

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	safir	safiren	safirer	safirerne
genitive	safirs	safirens	safirers	safirernes

Further reading

• “safir” in Den Danske Ordbog
• safir on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch saffier, from Middle Dutch saffier, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafɪr]
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

Noun

safir

1. sapphire

Alternative forms

• sapir

Further reading

• “safir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• safiro

Etymology

From Old French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros), or an apocopic form of safiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/

Noun

safir m (plural safiros)

1. sapphire
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v:

     Et eſta piedra es cardena en ſu color aſſi q̃ ſemeia al ſafir en la cardenor mas nõ en la luz. ca a eſta nõ traspaſſa el uiso como al ſafir faze ca la su color es mucho espeſſa ⁊ turuia

     And this stone is purple in color, so that it resembles the sapphire in purpleness; but not in light, for sight cannot see through it like it does through sapphire, for its color is too thick and murky.

Descendants

• Spanish: zafiro

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French saphir, from Latin sapphirus.

Noun

safir n (plural safire)

1. sapphire

Declension

Declension of safir

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	safir	safirul		safire	safirele
genitive-dative	safir	safirului		safire	safirelor
vocative	safirule			safirelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎfiːr/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

Noun

sàfīr m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling са̀фӣр)

1. sapphire

Declension

Declension of safir

	singular	plural
nominative	safir	safiri
genitive	safíra	safira
dative	safiru	safirima
accusative	safir	safire
vocative	safire	safiri
locative	safiru	safirima
instrumental	safirom	safirima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/ [saˈfiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧fir

Noun

safir m (plural safires)

1. (dated) sapphire

   Synonym: zafiro

Further reading

• “safir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

safir c

1. sapphire

Declension

Declension of safir

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	safir	safirs
	definite	safiren	safirens
plural	indefinite	safirer	safirers
	definite	safirerna	safirernas

Anagrams

• firas, fisar, frias

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفیر, from French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

safir (definite accusative safiri, plural safirler)

1. sapphire

   Synonym: gök yakut

Declension

Declension of safir

singular plural nominative safir safirler definite accusative safiri safirleri dative safire safirlere locative safirde safirlerde ablative safirden safirlerden genitive safirin safirlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular safirim safirlerim 2nd singular safirin safirlerin 3rd singular safiri safirleri 1st plural safirimiz safirlerimiz 2nd plural safiriniz safirleriniz 3rd plural safirleri safirleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular safirimi safirlerimi 2nd singular safirini safirlerini 3rd singular safirini safirlerini 1st plural safirimizi safirlerimizi 2nd plural safirinizi safirlerinizi 3rd plural safirlerini safirlerini dative singular plural 1st singular safirime safirlerime 2nd singular safirine safirlerine 3rd singular safirine safirlerine 1st plural safirimize safirlerimize 2nd plural safirinize safirlerinize 3rd plural safirlerine safirlerine locative singular plural 1st singular safirimde safirlerimde 2nd singular safirinde safirlerinde 3rd singular safirinde safirlerinde 1st plural safirimizde safirlerimizde 2nd plural safirinizde safirlerinizde 3rd plural safirlerinde safirlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular safirimden safirlerimden 2nd singular safirinden safirlerinden 3rd singular safirinden safirlerinden 1st plural safirimizden safirlerimizden 2nd plural safirinizden safirlerinizden 3rd plural safirlerinden safirlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular safirimin safirlerimin 2nd singular safirinin safirlerinin 3rd singular safirinin safirlerinin 1st plural safirimizin safirlerimizin 2nd plural safirinizin safirlerinizin 3rd plural safirlerinin safirlerinin

Derived terms

• safir mavisi

Further reading

• “safir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “safir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı