سیج

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (syc /⁠sēj⁠/, “danger, trouble”), compare Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ⁱθiiejah).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈseːd͡ʒ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seːd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seːd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seːd͡ʒ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siːd͡ʒ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sed͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sēj
Dari reading^?	sēj
Iranian reading^?	sij
Tajik reading^?	sej

Noun

سیج • (sēj / sij) (plural سیج‌ها (sēj-hā / sij-hâ), Tajik spelling сеҷ)

(obsolete) danger
Synonym: خطر (xatar)
(obsolete) suffering, hardship
Synonyms: سختی (saxtī / saxti), محنت (mihnat / mehnat), مشقت (mašaqqat / mašaġġat), رنج (ranj)

Derived terms

سیجناک (sējnāk / sijnâk)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سیج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سیج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “sēj”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74