شمشیر

See also: شمشێر‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian šfšyr (šafšēr, “sword”) and Manichaean Parthian sfsyr‎ (safsēr, “sword”). Akin to 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”).

Related to (šafše) / (šuše, “ingot”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dari Persian	شمشیر‎
Iranian Persian	شمشیر‎
Tajiki Persian	шамшер (šamšer)

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

sword, scimitar, shamshir

Synonyms

سیف‎ (seyf) (archaic)

Derived terms

شمشیرزن‎ (šamširzan)

References

“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

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian (šamšir).

Noun

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

sword, scimitar, shamshir

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