safir

From Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈfi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səˈfir/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/

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safir m (plural safirs)

1. sapphire

• “safir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “safir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “safir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “safir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): /safiːr/, [saˈfiɐ̯ˀ]

safir c (singular definite safiren, plural indefinite safirer)

1. sapphire

• “safir” in Den Danske Ordbog
• safir on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Dutch saffier, from Middle Dutch saffier, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafɪr]
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

safir

1. sapphire.

• sapir

• “safir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• safiro

From Old French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros), or an apocopic form of safiro.

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/

safir m (plural safiros)

1. sapphire
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v.

     Et eſta piedra es cardena en ſu color aſſi q́ ſemeia al ſafir en la cardenor mas nó en la luz. ca a eſta nó traspaſſa el uiso como al ſafir faze ca la su color es mucho espeſſa ¬ turuia

     And this stone is purple in color, so that it resembles the sapphire in purpleness; but not in light, for sight cannot see through it like it does through sapphire, for its color is too thick and murky.

• Spanish: zafiro

Borrowed from French saphir, from Latin sapphirus.

safir n (plural safire)

1. sapphire

• IPA^(key): /sǎfiːr/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

sàfīr m (Cyrillic spelling са̀фӣр)

1. sapphire

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• Rhymes: -iːr

safir c

1. sapphire

• firas, fisar, frias

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiɾ/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fir

safir (definite accusative safiri, plural safirler)

1. sapphire

   Synonym: gök yakut

• safir mavisi

• safir in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “safir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “safir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı