سایه

See also: سایہ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (sʾdk'), 𐫘𐫀𐫏𐫃 (sʾyg /⁠sāyag⁠/), from Old Persian *θāyakā, from Proto-Iranian *caHyā́kaH.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saː.ˈja/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jä]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.jä]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	sāya
Dari reading?	sāya
Iranian reading?	sâye
Tajik reading?	soya

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

سایه • (sāya / sâye) (plural سایه‌ها (sāya-hā / sâye-hâ), Tajik spelling соя)

1. shadow
   • c. 1230, Fakhr-i Mudabbir, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Ceremonials of War and Valor]:

     سلطان سایهٔ خدای است

     sultân sâya-yi xudây ast

     The ruler is the shadow of God.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

2. shade
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     سایهٔ طوبی و دلجوییِ حور و لبِ حوض
     به هوایِ سرِ کویِ تو برفت از یادم

     sâya-yi tûbâ wu diljûyi-yi hûr o lab-i hawz
     ba hawâ-yi sar-i kôy-i tô biraft az yâd-am

     The shade of the Ṭūbā, the caress of the houri, the banks of the Kawthar:
     A breeze from your alleyway, and I forgot them all.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

3. (figuratively) shelter, protection

Derived terms

• سایبان (sâyebân)
• سایه افکن (sâye afkan)
• سایه خشک (sâye-xošk)
• سایه روشن (sâye-rowšan)
• سایه پرورده (sâye-parvarde)
• سایه چشم (sâye-češm, “eyeshadow”)
• سایه‌ گستر (sâye-gostar)
• سایه‌دار (sâye-dâr)
• سایه‌زن (sâye-zan, “shader”)
• سایه‌نشین (sâye-nešin)
• سایه‌گاه (sâye-gâh)
• سبک سایه (sabok-sâye)
• همسایه (hamsâye, “neighbor”)

Descendants

• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: سايە (saye)
  • Uzbek: soya
  • → Kazakh: сая (saya)
• → Gujarati: સાયો (sāyo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: साया (sāyā)

  Urdu: سایَہ (sāya)

• → Ottoman Turkish: سایه (saye)
  • Turkish: saye
• → Pashto: سايه (sāyá)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਇਆ (sāiā)

  Shahmukhi script: سایَہ (sāyah)

• → Sanglechi: سایه (sā̊yɛ)
• → Proto-Shughni-Roshani: [Term?] (“shadow; temple”)
  • Sarikoli: suyo
  • Shughni: sōyā
    • → Wakhi: سویہ (soyá, “temple”)
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: سايو (sāev)

  Devanagari script: सायो