سیاوش

Persian
Dari سیاوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik Сиёвуш

Alternative forms
  • سیاووش (siyâvuš), سیاوخش (siyâvaxš) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (syyʾwhš /⁠siyāwaxš⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (siiāuuaršan-, literally “having black stallions”). Akin to Parthian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫢 (šyyʾwš /⁠siyāwaš⁠/), Khwarezmian 𐿃𐾰𐾶𐿃 (šʾwš), Elamite 𒅆𒅀𒈥𒃻 (ši-ia-mar-šá), Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš), Arabic سِيَاوَش (siyāwaš).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [si.jɑː.wäʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [si.jɑː.wäʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [si.jɔː.wäʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? siyāwaš
Dari reading? siyāwaš
Iranian reading? siyâvaš
Tajik reading? siyovuš

Proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

  1. (Iranian mythology) Siavash
  2. a male given name, Siyavash, Siavash, or Syavash

Descendants
  • → Old Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიო (šio), სიაოშ (siaoš)
    • Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიოში (šioši), შიო (šio)
    • → Middle Armenian: Բիուաբ (Biuab) (an incorrect transliteration due to orthographic confusion)

See also

Further reading
  • Colditz, Iris (2018) Iranische Personennamen in manichäischer Überlieferung [Iranian personal names in Manichaean tradition] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band II, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 517, page 478
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1979) Die altiranischen Namen [The Old Iranian Names] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band I, Faszikel 1) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 282, page 75
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