سیل

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See also: سيل, and سئل

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَيْل (sayl, flood, stream, torrent).

Noun

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سیل (seyl)

  1. flood, inundation, deluge, a disastrous overflow of water from a lake or other body of water
    Synonym: طوفان (tufan)
  2. torrent, a violent flow or stream that suddenly raises and runs rapidly, as down a precipice
    Synonym: سیلاب (seylab)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: sel, seyl

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sayl
Dari reading? sēl, sayl
Iranian reading? seyl
Tajik reading? sel, sayl

Noun

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Dari سیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik сел, сайл

سیل (seyl)

  1. flood
    Synonym: آب‌خیزی (âb-xêzi)
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Etymology 2

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Unknown, perhaps a corruption of Arabic سَائِر (sāʔir, to wander, to walk (around)), or a corruption of the now archaic سهستن (sahistan, to seem) from early Classical Persian.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sayl
Dari reading? sayl
Iranian reading? seyl
Tajik reading? sayl

Verb

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سیل (seyl)

  1. (chiefly Dari) look, gaze
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References

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Ushojo

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Noun

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سیل (sel)

  1. bird cell
  2. recreation, excursion