سفینه

See also: سفينة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفِينَة (safīna, ship).

Noun

سفینه • (sefine) (plural سفاین (sefain))

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonyms: فلك (fulk), كشتی (keşti), كمی (gemi)
  2. notebook, a book in which notes or memoranda are written
    Synonym: دفتر (defter)
  3. (astronomy) Argo Navis, a large constellation of the Southern Hemisphere

Derived terms

  • بالق سفینهسی (balık sefinesi, fishing-smack)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sefine

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَفِينَة (safīna).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.fiː.nä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.fiː.nä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.fi.nä]

Readings
Classical reading? safīna
Dari reading? safīna
Iranian reading? safine
Tajik reading? safina

Noun

سفینه • (safine)

  1. spacecraft
    Synonym: فضاپیما (fazâpeymâ)
  2. ship, vessel
    • c. 1688, محمد ربیع بن ابراهیم [Moḥammad Rabiʾ b. Ebrāhim], “Introduction”, in سفینه سلیمانی [Safine-ye Solaymani]:
      سفینه سلیمانی که سیاحان محیط عبودیت را از تصادم بتلاطم انواع امواج بیکران سرگشتگی بساحل نجات تواند رسانید []
      safine-ye soleymâni ke sayyâhân-e mohit-e 'obudiyyat râ az tasâddom be talâtom-e anvâ'-e amvâj-e bikarân-e sargaštegi be sâhel-e nejât tavânad rasânid []
      The ship of Sulaimān, which can deliver the travellers of the ocean of servitude [to God] from collision, through the dashing of ranks of unbounded waves of perplexity, to the coast of salvation []
  3. collection of poetry
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