سیل

See also: سيل‎ and سئل‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَيْل‎ (sayl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sajl]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seːl], [säjl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seːl], [säjl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seːl̥], [säjl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sejl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sel], [säjl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sayl
Dari reading^?	sēl, sayl
Iranian reading^?	seyl
Tajik reading^?	sel, sayl

Noun


Iranian Persian	سیل‎
Dari	سیل‎
Tajik	сел, сайл

سیل • (seyl)

flood

Derived terms

سیلاب‎ (seylâb)

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps a corruption of Arabic سَائِر‎ (sāʔir, “to wander, to walk (around)”), or a corruption of the now archaic ‎ (sahistan, “to seem”) from early Classical Persian.

Pronunciation

(Dari, standard) IPA^(key): /sajl/
- (Dari, colloquial) IPA^(key): /saj/

Verb

سیل • (sayl) (Dari)

look
gaze

Derived terms

سیل کردن‎ (sayl kardan)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سیل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
“The Wilson English – Dari Dictionary, Search results for "سیل"”, in ‎Webonary

Ushojo

Noun

سیل (sel)

bird cell
recreation, excursion

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