سیاح

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَيَّاح (sayyāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saj.jɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säj.jɑːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säj.jɑːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säj.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säj.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sejjɒːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säj.jɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sayyāh
Dari reading?	sayyāh
Iranian reading?	seyyâh
Tajik reading?	sayyoh

Noun

Dari	سیاح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сайёҳ

سَیّاح • (sayyâh) (plural سَیّاحان (sayyâhân))

1. traveller

   Synonym: مسافر (mosâfer)

   • c. 1688, محمد ربیع بن ابراهیم [Moḥammad Rabiʾ b. Ebrāhim], “Introduction”, in سفینه سلیمانی [Safine-ye Solaymani]:

     سفینه سلیمانی که سیاحان محیط عبودیت را از تصادم بتلاطم انواع امواج بیکران سرگشتگی بساحل نجات تواند رسانید […]

     safine-ye soleymâni ke sayyâhân-e mohit-e 'obudiyyat râ az tasâddom be talâtom-e anvâ'-e amvâj-e bikarân-e sargaštegi be sâhel-e nejât tavânad rasânid […]

     The ship of Sulaimān, which can deliver the travellers of the ocean of servitude [to God] from collision, through the dashing of ranks of unbounded waves of perplexity, to the coast of salvation […]

2. tourist

   Synonym: گردشگر (gardešgar)