شیء
Persian
Alternative forms
- شی (šey)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃajʔ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃäjʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃäj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃäj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃejʔ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃäjʔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šay' |
| Dari reading? | šay' |
| Iranian reading? | šey' |
| Tajik reading? | šayʾ |
Noun
| Dari | شیء |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шайъ |
شیء • (šey') (plural اشیاء (ašyâ'))
- thing
- Synonym: چیز (čiz)
- c. 1235, Muḥammad b. Manṣūr b. Saʿīd, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Manners of War and Gallantry]:
- بدانکه حرب کردن شیئی تلخست و هرکه اندران عجب آرد و منی خوار ماند.
- bidān ki harb kardan šay'ē talx ast u har ki andar ān ujb ārad u manī xwār mānad.
- Know that waging war is a bitter thing, and whoever brings pride and conceit into it shall be brought low.
- (physics, mathematics, computer science, philosophy) object
- شیء فیزیکی ― sey'-e fiziki ― physical object
- شیء ریاضی ― sey'-e riyâzi ― mathematical object
- (in the plural) good, article, item, commodity
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شیء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شیء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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