سلسله

See also: سلسلہ and سلسلة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila, “chain”), through Persian سلسله (selsele).

Noun

سلسله • (silsile) (plural سلاسل (silasil))

1. chain, a series of interconnected rings or links

   Synonym: زنجیر (zincir)

2. chain, series, sequence, a number of things that follow on one after the other

Derived terms

• سلسله جبال (silsile-i cibal, “chain of mountains”)
• سلسلهء مراتب (silsile-i meratib, “hierarchy”)
• سلسله‌دار (silsiledar, “guardian of a chain”)
• سلسله‌نامه (silsilename, “genealogical list, pedigree”)

Descendants

• Turkish: silsile
• → Armenian: սինսիլե (sinsile), սըլսըլա (səlsəla)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “silsile”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4243
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “silsile”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1142
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سلسله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 689
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Catena”, 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, Vienna, column 161
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سلسله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2654
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “silsile”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سلسله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1072

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sil.si.ˈla/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪl.sɪ.lä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪl.sɪ.lä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪl.sɪ.lä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sil.si.lä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sel.se.le]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sil.si.lä]

Readings
Classical reading?	silsila
Dari reading?	silsila
Iranian reading?	selsele
Tajik reading?	silsila

Noun

سلسله • (silsila / selsele) (plural سلسله‌ها (silsila-hā / selsele-hâ), Tajik spelling силсила)

1. chain
2. series
3. dynasty
4. hierarchy