شمشیر

From Persian شمشیر‎ (šamšir).

• (educated) IPA^(key): [ʃɛm.ˈʃiɾ]
• (common) IPA^(key): [ʃim.ˈʃiɾ]

شمشیر • (şemşir, şimşir)

1. sword, sabre

• → Middle Armenian: շիմշիր (šimšir)

• IPA^(key): [ʃim.ˈʃiɾ]

شمشیر • (şimşir)

1. alternative form of چمشیر‎ (çimşir, “box tree”)

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شمشیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 2860–2861

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšyl /šamšēr/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (špšyl), 𐫢𐫜𐫢𐫏𐫡‎ (šfšyr /šafšēr/, “sword”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫘𐫜𐫘𐫏𐫡‎ (sfsyr /safsēr/, “sword”). Compare Iranian borrowings Old Armenian սուսեր (suser, “sword”), Classical Syriac ܣܦܣܝܪܐ‎ (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ספסרא‎, ספסירא‎ (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”), Ancient Greek σαμψήρα (sampsḗra, “foreign sword”), and possibly Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”).

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [ʃæmˈʃeːɾ]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃæmˈʃiːɾ]

شمشیر • (šamšir) (plural شمشیرها‎ (šamšir-hâ))

1. sword, scimitar, shamshir

• سیف‎ (seyf) (archaic)

• شفشه‎ (šafše), شوشه‎ (šuše, “ingot”).

• شمشیرزن‎ (šamširzan)

• → Ottoman Turkish: شمشیر‎ (şemşir, şimşir)
  • → Middle Armenian: շիմշիր (šimšir)

• “spsyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “šafšēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• M. J. Kümmel, "Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel", 2010, page 33

From Persian شمشیر‎ (šamšir).

شمشیر • (śamśer, śamśīr) f (Hindi spelling शमशेर or शमशीर‎)

1. sword, scimitar, shamshir