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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (syc /sēj/, “danger, trouble”), compare Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (iθiiejah).
Noun
سیج • (sij) (plural سیجها (sij-hâ))
- (obsolete) danger
- Synonym: خطر (xatar)
- (obsolete) suffering, hardship
- Synonyms: سختی (saxti), محنت (mehnat), مشقت (mašqat), رنج (ranj)
Derived terms
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سیج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sēj”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74