شمعدان
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شمعدان
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Persian شمعدان (šam'dân).
Pronunciation
Noun
شمعدان • (šamʿadān) f (plural شمعدانات (šamʿadānāt))
Related terms
Ottoman Turkish
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Alternative forms
- շէմ՚տան, շամտան (şamdan) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شمعدان (šam'dân, “candlestick”), a compound of شمع (šam', “candle”) + ـدان (-dân, “holder”).
Noun
شمعدان • (şemʼdan) (definite accusative شمعدانی (şemʼdanı), plural شمعدانلر (şemʼdanlar))
- candlestick, candle holder, a holder with a socket or spike for a candle
Derived terms
- شمعدانجی (şemʼdancı, “candlelighter”)
- قوللی شمعدان (kollu şemʼdan, “flambeau”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şamdan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4425
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شمعدان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 290b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شمعدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 734
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Candelabrum”, 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 141
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شمعدان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2862
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şamdan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمعدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1137
Persian
Etymology
From شمع (šam', “wax, candle”) + ـدان (-dân, “holder”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šam'dān |
| Dari reading? | šam'dān |
| Iranian reading? | šam'dân |
| Tajik reading? | šamʾdon |
Noun
| Dari | شمعدان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шамъдон |
شمعدان • (šam'dân)
- candlestick
- Bible, 2 Chronicles 4:7 :
- و ده شمعدان طلا موافق قانون آنها ساخته، پنج را به طرف راست و پنج را به طرف چپ در هیکل گذاشت
- And (he) built 10 golden candlesticks according to the prescribed method and placed 5 to the right, 5 to the left of the temple
- و ده شمعدان طلا موافق قانون آنها ساخته، پنج را به طرف راست و پنج را به طرف چپ در هیکل گذاشت
- menorah
Descendants
- → Hijazi Arabic: شَمْعَدَان (šamʕadān)
- → Gujarati: શામદાન (śāmdān)
- → Ottoman Turkish: شمعدان (şemʼdan), շէմ՚տան, շամտան (şamdan) — Armeno-Turkish
- → South Levantine Arabic: شمعدان (šamʕadān)
- → Urdu: شمع دان (śama-dān)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شمعدان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Persian شمعدان (šam'dân).
Pronunciation
Noun
شمعدان • (šamʕadān) m (plural شمعدانات (šamʕadānāt))