سیلاب

Persian

Etymology 1

From سیل (seyl) +‎ آب (âb).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [seː.lɑ́ːb], [säj.lɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [seː.lɑ́ːb], [säj.lɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [seː.lɔ́ːb̥], [säj.lɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? saylāb
Dari reading? sēlāb, saylāb
Iranian reading? seylâb
Tajik reading? selob

Noun

Dari سیلاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik селоб

سیلاب • (seylâb)

  1. flood, inundation; flooding
    سیلاب رودخانه ― seylâb-e rudxâne ― flooding (of a river)
  2. current, torrent
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Armenian: սելավ (selav), սելափ (selapʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: selab, selaf
  • → Pashto: سېلاب (selāb), سېلاو (selāw)
  • → Bengali: সয়লাব (śoẏlab)
  • → Hindi: सैलाब (sailāb)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سیلاب (seylab)

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French syllabe.

Noun

سیلاب • (silâb) (plural سیلاب‌ها)

  1. syllable
    Synonym: هجا (hejâ)
Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سیلاب (saylāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَیلاب • (sailāb) m (Hindi spelling सैलाब)

  1. flood, torrent, deluge, inundation

References

  • “سیلاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سیلاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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