سیلان

See also: سيلان

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَيَلَان (sayalān).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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)
  • Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
  • Old French: Seilan
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, Ceylon), سیلان تاشی (Seylan taşı, garnet)
    • Turkish: Seylan, Seylan taşı
  • Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
  • Malay: Sailan, selan

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