سیم

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (ʾ)sym ((a)sēm), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, “silverware”), neutral form of ἄσημος (ásēmos, “pure, unmarked”). Akin to Parthian hsym (hasēm, “silver”), Bactrian σιμινο (simino, “made of silver, silverware”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːm/

Noun

سیم • (sim) (plural سیم‌ها‎ (sim-hâ))

  1. silver (coins)
  2. wire
Derived terms
  • سیمین‎ (simin)
  • بی‌سیم‎ (bi-sim)
  • سیم‌کشی‎ (sim-keši)
  • سیم‌پیچ‎ (sim-pič)
  • سیم خاردار‎ (sim-(e)-xârdâr)
  • سیم ظرفشویی‎ (sim-(e)-zarfšuyi)

References

Etymology 2

From سی‎ (si, “thirty”) + م‎ (-om, “-th, -eth (ordinal number suffix))”).

Adjective

سیم • (siyom)

  1. thirtieth

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian 3wm‎ (seyom).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈjom/

Noun

سیم • (seyom)

  1. (archaic) third
Synonyms
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