صیغه
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic صِيغَة (ṣīḡa). In the sense of a marriage-like arrangement originally referring to the formula of the contract, then generalised.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [siː.ˈɣa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siː.ɢé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [si.ʁǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sīğa |
| Dari reading? | sīğa |
| Iranian reading? | siğe |
| Tajik reading? | siġa |
Noun[edit]
صیغه • (siğe) (plural صیغهها (siğe-hâ))
- (Twelver Shiite Islam) mut'a; sigheh; temporary marriage (a religiously legitimate form of relationship between a man and a woman that, in comparison to actual marriage, involves lesser financial duties for the former and lesser duties of obedience for the latter)
- Synonym: متعه (mot'e)
- a woman in such an arrangement
- (grammar) form