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Sabzi: Etymology: Hindi सब्ज़ sabz, literally, greenness, from Persian: سَبز sæbz, a green vegetable. ;
Saffian: Etymology: Russian сафьян saf'yan, from Turkish sahtiyan, from Persian ساختین sakhtiyn goatskin, from sakht hard, strong. a leather made of goatskins or sheepskins tanned with sumac and dyed with bright colors. ;
Saffron: Etymology: Anglo-French saffron, safren, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زعفران zaʽfarān, from Persian: زرپران zarparān gold strung. ;
Samosa: Etymology: Hindi समोसा samosa from Persian سمبوسه sambuseh. a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil. Also etymology: Hindi समोसा samos & Urdu سموسہ، سمبسا samosa, sambsa, from Persian سنبوسه sambuseh ;
Sandal: Etymology: Arabic صندل sandal, from Persian صندل sandal skiff. ;
Saoshyant: Etymology: Avestan, savior. one of three deliverers of later Zoroastrian eschatology appearing at thousand year intervals and each inaugurating a new order of things and a special period of human progress. ;
Sapindales: from Persian Spand (اسپند) ;
Sarangousty: Etymology: Persian سرانگشتی sar-angushti thin paste for painting the tips of fingers, from سر انگشت
sar-e angosht, "fingertip", سر
sar "head" + انگشت
angosht "finger", "toe". stucco made waterproof for protection against dampness. ;
Sard from Persian زرد
zard. ;
Sarod: Etymology: Hindi सरोद sarod, from Persian: سرود. ;
Sarwan: Etymology: Persian ساربان saarbaan. a camel driver. ;
Satrap:
governor of a province of ancient Persia, from Latin
satrapes, from Greek σατράπης
satrapes, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠
kshathrapavan-, lit. "guardian of the realm," ;
scarlet: from Pers. سقرلات
saqerlât "a type of red cloth". a rich cloth of bright color. a vivid red that is yellower and slightly paler than apple red ;
Scimitar: Etymology: Middle French cimeterre, from Old Italian scimitarra, perhaps from Persian شمشیر shamshir. a type of blade. ;
Sebesten: Etymology: Middle English, Medieval Latin sebestēn, from Arabic سيبيستين sibistn, from Persian سگپیستان segpistan. an East Indian tree (Cordia myxa) with white flowers in loose terminal panicles. ;
Seer: Etymology: Hindi सेर ser; perhaps akin to Persian سیر seer. a unit of weight. ;
Seerpaw: Etymology: سر Sar(head)+پا paa(feet). head to foot. ;
Seersucker: Pers. شیر و سکر shir o shakkar "striped cloth," lit. "milk and sugar". Also from Sanskrit क्षीरशर्करा (
kshirsharkara), or milk-sugar." ;
Sepoy: Etymology: modification of Portuguese sipai, sipaio, from Hindi सिपाह sipah, from Persian سپاهی
Sipahi, horseman, soldier of the cavalry, from sipah army. a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power; especially: one serving in the British army. ;Serai: Etymology: from Persian سرای saraay, palace, mansion, inn. ;
Seraglio: from سرای
sarây "inn" ;
Serang: Etymology: Persian سرهنگ sarhang commander, boatswain, from سر sar chief + هنگ hang authority. boatswain. the skipper of a small boat. ;
Serdab: Persian سرداب sardab ice cellar, from سرد
sard cold + آب
ab water. a living room in the basement of a house in the Near East that provides coolness during the summer months ;
Serendipity: from the Persian fairy tale
The Three Princes of Serendip سه شاهزادهى سراندیپ, from Persian
Sarandip سراندیپ(="Sri Lanka"), ;
Sesban: Etymology: French, from Arabic سيسبان saisabaan, from Persian سیسبان sisabaan. Either of two East Indian plants of the genus Sesbania (S. aculeata and S. aegyptiaca). ;
Setwall: Etymology: from Persian زادور zaadwar. ;
Shabundar/Shabandar: Etymology: From Persian شهباندار shahbandar, from شاه shah king + بندر bandar city, harbor. ;
Shah: Etymology: from شاه
shāh, from Old Persian 𐏋
χšāyaþiya (="king"), from an Old Persian verb meaning "to rule" ;
Shahi: Etymology: Persian شاهی shahi. a former Persian unit of value equal to 1/20 silver kran; also: a corresponding coin of silver or copper or nickel ;
Shahidi: Etymology: Arabic شهيد Shahid (one who bears witness) + Persian suffix ی i. ;
Shahin: Etymology: Persian شاهین shahin (falcon). An Indian falcon (
Falco peregrinus peregrinator) having the underparts of a plain unbarred ferruginous color, being related to the peregrine falcon, and used in falconry ;
Shahzada: Etymology: Hindi शाह-जादा shah-zada, from Persian, from شاه shah king + زاده zada son. The son of a Shah. ;
Shamiana: Etymology: Hindi शामियाना shamiyana, from Persian شامیانه shamyanah. a cloth canopy ;
Shawl: Etymology: from Persian شال
shāl. ;
Sherristar: Etymology: from Hindi सर्रिश्ताद्र sarrishtadr, from Persian سررشته sarrishta(sarreshteh) record office + دار daar having. Registrar. ;
Sherry: According to one theory, it is from Jerez in Spain, which itself comes from Pers شیراز Shiraz during the time of Rustamid empire in Spain. The theory is also mentioned by Professor. T.B. Irving in one of his book reviews ;
Sherryvallies: Etymology: modification of Polish szarawary, from Russian шаравары sharavary, from Greek σαρβαρα sarabara loose trousers, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Persian شلوار shalwar, shulwar loose trousers. overalls or protective leggings of thick cloth or leather formerly worn for riding on horseback ;
Shikar: Etymology: Hindi सीकर sikar, from Persian شکار shikaar, Middle Persian شکار shkaar. The word means hunting. ;
Shikargah: Etymology: Hindi सिकारगाह sikaargaah, from Persian شکارگاه shikrgaah, from shikaar hunting + -gah place. A game preserve. ;
Shikari: Etymology: From Persian شکار Shikar+Persian suffix ی (i) denoting possession. a big game hunter. ;
Shikasta: Etymology: Persian شکسته shikasta broken, from shikastan شكستن to break, from Middle Persian shikastan. ;
Shikra: Etymology: from Persian شکرا shikara bird trained to hunt. a small Indian hawk (Accipiter badius) sometimes used in falconry. ;
Simurgh: Etymology: from Pers. سیمرغ simurgh, from Pahlavi sin "eagle" + murgh "bird." Cf. Avestan saeno merego "eagle," Skt. syenah "eagle," Arm. ցին cin "kite.". a supernatural bird, rational and ancient, in Pers. mythology. ;
Sipahis: See Spahi and Sepoy. ;
Sircar: Etymology: Hindi सरकार sarkaar, from Persian سرکار sarkaar. a district or province in India under the Mogul empire. the supreme authority. used also as a title of respect. in Bengal a domestic servant having the functions of a steward. ;
Sitar: Etymology: via Hindi सितार sitar, from Pers. ستار sitar "three-stringed," from sih/she "three" (O.Pers. thri-) + Persian. tar "string". an Indo-Iranian lute with a long broad neck and a varying number of strings whose various forms are used in Iran, Afghanistana and the Indian subcontinent. ;
Softa: Etymology: Turkish, from Persian سوخته sukhtah burnt, kindled (with love of knowledge). ;
Sogdian: Etymology: Latin sogdianus, from Old Persian Sughuda. of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Sogdiana. ;
Soorki:: Etymology: Hindi सुर्ख surkh, from Persian سرخ surkh, literally, redness, from surkh red, from Middle Persian سخر sukhr; akin to Avestan suXra- bright, Sanskrit sukra ;
Sowar: Etymology: Persian سوار suwar rider, from Middle Persian asbar, aspwar, from Old Persian asabra- horseman, from asa- horse + -bra- carried by, rider. a mounted orderly. Lancer. ;
Spahi: Etymology: Middle French spahi, from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاه from
Pahlavi spāh, from Old Persian taxma spāda, from
Avestan spādha, meaning army, military. one of a corps of Algerian native cavalry in the French army normally serving in Africa. one of a corps of largely irregular Turkish cavalry disbanded after the suppression of the Janissaries in 1826. ;
Spinach: Etymology: Middle French espinache, espinage, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic يسبناخ, يسفينآخ isbnakh, isfinaakh, from Persian اسپاخ aspanakh. ;
Squinch: Etymology: Persian سه+کنج=) سکنج) (pronounced sekonj)—A
squinch in architecture is a construction filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a base to receive an
octagonal or
spherical dome. A later solution of this structural problem was provided by the
pendentive. The squinch was invented in
Iran. It was used in the
Middle East in both eastern Romanesque and
Islamic architecture. It remained a feature of Islamic architecture, especially in
Iran, and was often covered by corbelled
stalactite-like structures known as
muqarnas. ;
-Stan: ـستان; meaning "land" or "country", source of place names such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, etc., from Pers. -stan "country," from Sanskrit स्थानम् (sthanam) "place," lit. "where one stands," ;
Subahdar: Etymology: Persian سبادار subadar, from suba province + -dar having, holding, from Old Persian dar- to hold. the chief native officer of a native company in the former British Indian army having a position about equivalent to that of captain ;
Sugar: Etymology: The word is Sanskrit which is an Indo-Iranian language of the Indo-Aryan branch but Persian played a role in transmitting it. Middle English sugre, sucre, from Anglo-French sucre, from Medieval
Latin saccharum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from
Pahlavi shakar, ultimately from Sanskrit sarkara ;
Suclat: Etymology: Hindi सुकला suqlaa, from Persian سقلات saqalaat a rich cloth. In India any of various woolens; specifically European broadcloth. ;
Surma: Etymology: Persian سرما Surma. native antimony sulfide used in India to darken the eyelids. ;
Surnay: Etymology: Persian سرنای Surnaay. a Middle Eastern and Central Asian oboe. ;
syagush: Persian سیاه-گوش siyah-gush, literally, black ear. Caracal.: ==T==