سایبان

Persian

Alternative forms

سایه‌بان (sâye-bân)
سایوان (sâyevân)

Etymology

From (sâye, “shadow”) +‎ (-bân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saːj.ˈbaːn/, /saː.ja.ˈbaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑːj.bɑ́ːn], [sɑː.jä.bɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑːj.bɑ́ːn], [sɑː.jä.bɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säj.bɔ́ːn], [sɔː.jä.bɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒːj.bɒ́ːn], [sɒː.je.bɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔj.bɔ́n], [sɔ.jä.bɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sāybān, sāya-bān
Dari reading^?	sāybān, sāya-bān
Iranian reading^?	sâybân, sâye-bân
Tajik reading^?	soybon, soya-bon

Noun

سایبان • (sāybān, sāyabān / sâybân, sâyebân) (Tajik spelling соябон)

shade (of a tree or foliage)
umbrella, parasol
Synonyms: آفتاب‌گیر (âftâb-gir), چتر (čatr)
awning, overhang

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सायबान (sāybān), साइबान (sāibān)

Urdu: سائبان (sāybān)
→ Middle Armenian: սայվան (sayvan)
- Armenian: սայվան (sayvan)
→ Ottoman Turkish: صایوان (sayvan), سایبان (sayban), سایوان (sayvan), صایوانت (sayvant), սայվան (sayvan) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: sayvan
- → Bulgarian: сайва́нт (sajvánt)
- → Romanian: saivan
→ Turkmen: saýawan
→ Uzbek: soyabon

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “سایبان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim