سیلان
See also: سيلان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian سیلان (saylân), from Pali sīhaḷa, ultimately from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Alternative forms
- سهیلون (seylon)
Proper noun
سیلان • (seylan)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
Derived terms
- سیلان طاشی (seylan taşı, “garnet”)
- سیلانی (seylanî, “Ceylonese”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Seylan
Further reading
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- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924), “Ceylon”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 71a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سیلان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1103
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic سَيَلَانْ (sayalān, “flow, flux”).
Noun
سیلان • (seyelân) (definite accusative سیلانی (seyelânı), plural سیلانات (seyelânât))
- flow, flux, efflux, pour, the movement of a real or figurative fluid or liquid
- flood, inundation, deluge, a disastrous overflow of water from a body of water
- (physics) flux, the rate of transfer of energy or another physical quantity
Derived terms
- سیلان اذن (seyelân-ı üzn, “otorrhea”)
- سیلان ایتمك (seyelân etmek, “to flow, stream”)
- سیلان جلد (seyelân-ı cild, “dermatorrhea”)
- سیلان دم (seyelân-ı dem, “hemorrhage”)
- سیلان لبن (seyelân-ı leben, “lactation”)
- سیلان معده (seyelân-ı miʼde, “gastrorrhea”)
- سیلان منی (seyelân-ı menî, “spermatorrhea”)
Descendants
- Turkish: seyelan
Further reading
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- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “seyelân”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “سیلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 123
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “seyelan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4178
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “seyelân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1134
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سیلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 709
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Fluere”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 592
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سیلان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 2735
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “karga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سیلان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1103
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic سَيَلَان (sayalān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.ja.ˈlaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.jä.lɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.jæ.lɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.jä.lɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sayalān |
| Dari reading? | sayalān |
| Iranian reading? | sayalân |
| Tajik reading? | sayalon |
Noun
سَیَلان • (sayalân)
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /saj.ˈlaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säj.lɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sej.lɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säj.lɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | saylān |
| Dari reading? | saylān |
| Iranian reading? | seylân |
| Tajik reading? | saylon |
Proper noun
سیلان • (seylân)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
- Synonym: سراندیپ (sarândip)
Descendants
- → Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան / սէլեան (selyan), սելան / սէլան (selan), սիլան (silan)
- → Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
- → Old French: Seilan
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سهیلون (seylon)
- Turkish: Seylan
- → Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
- → Malay: Sailan, selan
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سیلان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 717