سیلاب

Persian

Etymology

From (seyl) +‎ (âb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saj.ˈlɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seː.lɑ́ːb], [säj.lɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seː.lɑ́ːb], [säj.lɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seː.lɔ́ːb̥], [säj.lɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sej.lɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [se.lɔ́b], [säj.lɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	saylāḇ
Dari reading^?	sēlāb, saylāb
Iranian reading^?	seylâb
Tajik reading^?	selob, saylob

Noun


Iranian Persian	سیلاب
Dari	سیلاب
Tajik	селоб, сайлоб

سیلاب • (seylâb)

flood, inundation; flooding
― seylâb-e rudxâne ― flooding (of a river)
current, torrent

Derived terms

سیلابی (seylâbi)
- دشت سیلابی (dašt-e seylâbi)

Descendants

→ Armenian: սելավ (selav), սելափ (selapʻ)
→ Azerbaijani: selab, selaf
→ Bengali: সয়লাব (śoẏlab)
→ Hindi: सैलाब (sailāb)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سیلاب (seylab)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیلاب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (saylāb).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɛː.lɑːb/

Noun

سَیلاب • (sailāb) m (Hindi spelling सैलाब)

flood, torrent, deluge, inundation

References

“سیلاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“سیلاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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