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): [sɑː.ja]

(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]

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

Audio (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	سایه
Dari	سایه
Tajik	соя

سایه • (sâye) (plural سایه‌ها (sâye-hâ))

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)
shade
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
  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)
(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 (ham-sâye, “neighbor”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai:
- Uyghur: سايە (saye)
- Uzbek: soya
- → Kazakh: сая (saä)
→ Gujarati: સાયો (sāyo), સાયા (sāyā)
→ Hindustani: sāya
Hindi: साया

Urdu: سایہ (sāeh)
→ 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

Devanagari script: सायो

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