سیف

See also: سيف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”).

Noun

سیف • (seyf) (plural سیوف or اسیاف)

1. sword, a long-bladed weapon

   Synonyms: شمشیر (şimşir), قلج (kılıc)

2. decapitation by a sword
3. yeoman's fief, as furnishing a sword to the army

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِيف (sīf).

Noun

سیف • (sîf) (plural اسیاف)

1. seashore, beach; riverbank

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سیف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 708
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Gladius”, 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^[2], Vienna, column 652
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سیف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 2733–2734
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1102

Talysh

Etymology

Akin to Persian سیب (sib).

Noun

سیف (sif)

1. apple