صفویه
Persian
Etymology
By surface analysis, صَفَوِی (safawī / safavi) + ـیه (-iyya / -iye, nisba suffix), from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.fa.wij.ˈja/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.fä.wi.já]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.fæ.vi.jé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.fä.vi.já]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | safawiyya |
| Dari reading? | safawiya |
| Iranian reading? | safaviye |
| Tajik reading? | safaviya |
Proper noun
صفویه • (safawiyya / safaviye) (Tajik spelling Сафавия)
Further reading
- صفویه on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “صفویه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صفویه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim