سی

See also: سے, شي, شی, ـسی, and ـسى

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian sag, from Old Persian *𐏂𐎣 (*çaka-) (compare an Iranian denotation of the dog *spaka-, Old Median σπάκα, Northern Kurdish se, seg, and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), from Middle Median *aspak), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

سی (say)

1. dog

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian čē.

Preposition

سی (sī)

1. for

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [siː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [siː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si]

Readings
Classical reading?	sī
Dari reading?	sī
Iranian reading?	si
Tajik reading?	si

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian syh (sīh), from older *θrīh, from Proto-Iranian *θriHcát, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *triHćát.

Alternative forms

• Persian numerals: ۳۰

Numeral

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		300
←  20	←  29	۳۰ 30	31  →	40  →
		3
Cardinal: سی (si)

سی • (si) (Persian numeral ۳۰)

1. thirty

Related terms

• سه (seh)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian čē.

Preposition

سی • (si)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) for
2. (dialectal, Kazerun, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) in order to

Etymology 3

From English cee.

Noun

سی • (si)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter c in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• سی‌آی‌ای (si-ây-ey)
• سی‌دی (si-di)

Etymology 4

Noun

سی • (si)

1. (music) B, Si (the seventh note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Ti (the seventh note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the leading note)

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर (sūra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si/

Noun

سی (sī)

1. sun

Ushojo

Noun

سی (sī) m

1. male lion