سیمرغ

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭩𐭭𐭬𐭥𐭫𐭥 (synmwlw /⁠sēn-murw⁠/).^[1] According to folk etymology a compound of سی (sī / si, “thirty”) and مرغ (murġ / morġ, “bird”). See also The Speech of the Birds.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /siː.ˈmurɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.mʊɾɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [siː.mʊɾɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.muɾɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siː.moɹɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.muɾʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sīmurġ
Dari reading^?	sīmurġ
Iranian reading^?	simorġ
Tajik reading^?	simurġ

Proper noun

سیمرغ • (sīmurġ / simorġ) (Tajik spelling Симурғ)

(Iranian mythology) simurgh

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 74