سیم

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian سیم (sim).

Noun

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سیم (sim)

  1. silver, a lustrous, white, metallic element
    Synonyms: فضه (fudda), كومش (gümüş)
  2. money and coins made of silver
    Synonym: درم (direm)
  3. silverlike thread, lace or metalware, wire

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: sim
  • Armenian: սիմ (sim)

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] ((ʾ)sym /⁠(a)sēm⁠/, silver), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 (s-i-y-m-m /⁠siyamam⁠/), from Ancient Greek ἄσημον (ásēmon, silverware), neuter form of ἄσημος (ásēmos, pure, unmarked). Akin to Parthian hsym (hasēm, silver), Bactrian σιμινο (simino, made of silver, silverware).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sīm
Dari reading? sīm
Iranian reading? sim
Tajik reading? sim

Noun

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سیم (sim) (plural سیم‌ها (sim-hâ))

  1. wire
    سیم تلفنsim-e telefontelephone wire
    سیم خاردارsim-e xârdârbarbed wire
  2. string; cord
    سیم ویولنsim-e viyolonviolin string
  3. (original sense, now poetic) silver
    Synonym: نقره (noqre)
    • c. 1850, Mirzā Ḥabib-Allāh Širāzi Qāʾāni, وله ایضاً فی مدحه:
      نرگسک آن طشت سیم باز به سر برنهاد
      بر سر سیمینه طشت طاسک زر برنهاد
      nargesak ân tašt-e sim bâz be sar barnehâd
      bar sar-e simine tasht tâsak-e zar barnehâd
      The little narcissus has again put that silver basin on its head
      Upon the silvery head, the basin has put a little golden bowl
  4. (now poetic) wealth; money
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References

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  • Philip Huyse (2012 February 23) “Greek Loanwords in Middle Iranian Languages”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica[5]

Etymology 2

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Short for ماهی سیم (mâhi-ye sim), literally “silver fish”, but its old form was شیم (šim).

Noun

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سیم (sim) (plural سیم‌ها (sim-hâ))

  1. bream

Etymology 3

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From سی (si, thirty) + ـم (-om, -th, -eth (ordinal number suffix))).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? siyum
Dari reading? siyum
Iranian reading? siyom
Tajik reading? siyum

Adjective

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سیم (siyom)

  1. thirtieth

Etymology 4

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠seyom⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? siyum
Dari reading? siyum
Iranian reading? seyom
Tajik reading? siyum

Noun

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سیم (seyom)

  1. Archaic form of سوم (sevvom, third)