سیاح

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَيَّاح (sayyāḥ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säj.jɑːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säj.jɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säj.jɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? sayyāh
Dari reading? sayyāh
Iranian reading? seyyâh
Tajik reading? sayyoh

Noun

Dari سیاح
Iranian Persian
Tajik сайёҳ

سَیّاح • (sayyâh) (plural سَیّاحان (sayyâhân))

  1. traveller
    Synonym: مسافر (mosâfer)
    • 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 []
  2. tourist
    Synonym: گردشگر (gardešgar)
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