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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَفِير (safīr, “ambassador”).
Noun
سفیر • (sefir) (definite accusative سفیری (sefiri), plural سفرا (süferâ))
- envoy, representative, someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body
- Synonym: مبعوث (mebʼus)
- ambassador, a minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country
- Synonym: ایلچی (ilçi)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sefir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4119
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sefir”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1114
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سفیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 682
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Legatus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 930
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سفیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2630
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sefir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سفیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1063
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَفِير (safīr).
Pronunciation
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safīr
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| Dari reading?
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safīr
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| Iranian reading?
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safir
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safir
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Noun
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سفیر
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сафир
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سفیر • (safir) (plural سفرا (sofarâ) or سفیران (safirân))
- ambassador
سفیر کنونی بریتانیا در ایران- safir-e konuni-ye beritâniyâ dar irân
- the current British ambassador to Iran
- (historical) envoy, messenger
- Synonyms: ايلچى (ilči), پیغامبر (peyğâmbar)
c. 1080, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, “Qaṣīda 106”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]:قران را به پیغمبرت ناورید
مگر جبرئیل آن مبارک سفیر- qur'ān rā ba payğambar-at n-āwarīd
magar jibra'īl ān mubārak safīr - No other than Gabriel, that blessed messenger,
Brought the Quran to your prophet.
- (rare) mediator
Further reading
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سفیر (safīr), from Arabic سَفِير (safīr).
Pronunciation
Noun
سَفِیر • (safīr) m (Hindi spelling सफ़ीर)
- ambassador, envoy
- arbitrator, messenger
- mediator
See also
References
- “سفیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سفیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.