صیغه
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صِيغَة (ṣīḡa). In the sense of a marriage-like arrangement originally referring to the formula of the contract, then generalised.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /siː.ˈɣa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [siː.ˈɣä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siː.ˈɢe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.ˈʁä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sīġa |
| Dari reading? | sīġa |
| Iranian reading? | siġe |
| Tajik reading? | siġa |
Noun
صیغه • (sīġa / siġe) (plural صیغهها (sīġa-hā / siġe-hâ), Tajik spelling сиға)
- (Shia Islam) mutʿah (temporary) marriage
- Synonym: متعه (mot'e)
- (Shia Islam) woman in a mutʿah marriage
- (Arabic grammar) inflected form of an Arabic word
Derived terms
- صیغه کردن (siġe kardan)
- صیغهیابی (siġe-yâbi)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صیغه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “صیغه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.