سپهر

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪ.pʰɪ́ɦɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sɪ.pʰɪ́ɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [si.pʰíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? sipihr
Dari reading? sipehr
Iranian reading? sepehr
Tajik reading? sipehr

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl), 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr /⁠spihr⁠/, “sphere, sky”), from Old Persian *spiθrah.

Noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

  1. (literary) sky, heaven
    Synonym: آسمان (âsmân, âsemân)

Proper noun

سپهر • (sepehr)

  1. a male given name from Middle Persian
Derived terms
  • سپهری (sepehri)
  • سپهرداد (sepehrdâd)

Descendants

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)
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