صفوی

See also: صفوي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).

Noun

صفوی • (safevi)

a Safavi

Descendants

Turkish: Safevî

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.fa.ˈwiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.wí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.fæ.víː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.fä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading^?	safawī
Dari reading^?	safawī
Iranian reading^?	safavi
Tajik reading^?	safavī

Noun

صفوی • (safavi) (plural صفویان (safaviyân))

a Safavi

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صفوی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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