همسایه

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (hmsʾdk' /⁠hamsāyag⁠/, “neighbour”), whence also Old Armenian համսայեակ (hamsayeak). By surface analysis, هم (ham, “same”) +‎ سایه (sâye, “shadow, shade”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish hevsî (“neighbour”), Talysh hamusiyə (“neighbour”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hamsāya
Dari reading? hamsāya
Iranian reading? hamsâye
Tajik reading? hamsoya
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari همسایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳамсоя

همسایه • (hamsâye) (plural همسایه‌ها (hamsâye-hâ) or همسایگان (hamsâyegân))

  1. neighbour
    کشور همسایه ایران ― kešvar-e hamsâye-ye irân ― neighbor countries of Iran

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համսայեակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 28b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41
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