سلسله
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila, “chain”), through Persian سلسله (selsele).
Noun
سلسله • (silsile) (plural سلاسل (silasil))
- chain, a series of interconnected rings or links
- Synonym: زنجیر (zincir)
- chain, series, sequence, a number of things that follow on one after the other
Derived terms
- سلسله جبال (silsile-i cibal, “chain of mountains”)
- سلسلهء مراتب (silsile-i meratib, “hierarchy”)
- سلسلهدار (silsiledar, “guardian of a chain”)
- سلسلهنامه (silsilename, “genealogical list, pedigree”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “silsile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4243
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “silsile”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1142
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سلسله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 689
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Catena”, 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 161
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سلسله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2654
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “silsile”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سلسله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1072
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | silsila |
| Dari reading? | silsila |
| Iranian reading? | selsele |
| Tajik reading? | silsila |