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Persian
- شی (šay / šey) (unhamzated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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šay'
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| Dari reading?
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šay'
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| Iranian reading?
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šey'
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| Tajik reading?
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šayʾ
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Noun
| Dari
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شیء
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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шайъ
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شیء • (šay' / šey') (plural اشیاء or شیءها)
- (physics, mathematics, computer science, philosophy) object
- شیء فیزیکی ― sey'-e fiziki ― physical object
- شیء ریاضی ― sey'-e riyâzi ― mathematical object
- (in the plural) good, article, item, commodity
- (obsolete) thing
- Synonym: چیز (čiz)
c. 1235, Muḥammad b. Manṣūr b. Saʿīd, آداب الحرب و الشجاعه [Manners of War and Gallantry]:بدانکه حرب کردن شیئی تلخست و هرکه اندران عجب آرد و منی خوار ماند.- bidān ki harb kardan šay'ē talx ast u har ki andar ān ujb ārad u manī xwār mānad.
- Know that waging war is a bitter thing, and whoever brings pride and conceit into it shall be brought low.
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