سیلان

See also: سيلان

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَيَلَان (sayalān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ja.lɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.jä.lɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.jä.lɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.jä.lɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.jä.lɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sejæ.lɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.jä.lɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	sayalān
Dari reading?	sayalān
Iranian reading?	seyalân
Tajik reading?	sayalon

Noun

سَیَلان • (sayalân)

1. flow; flux

   Synonym: جریان (jaryân)

2. flood

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säj.lɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säj.lɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säj.lɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sej.lɒ́ːn]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	saylān
Dari reading?	saylān
Iranian reading?	seylân
Tajik reading?	saylon

Proper noun

سیلان • (seylân)

1. Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)

   Synonym: سراندیپ (sarândip)

Descendants

• → Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան (selyan), սելան (selan), սիլան (silan), սէյլան (sēylan), սէլեան (sēlean), սէլան (sēlan) — traditional orthography
• → Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
• → Old French: Seilan
  • French: Ceylan
  • → Portuguese: Ceilão
    • → English: Ceylon
    • → Spanish: Ceylán
• → Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سیلان تاشی (Seylan taşı, “garnet”)
  • Turkish: Seylan, Seylan taşı
• → Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
• → Malay: Sailan, selan

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیلان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 717