صقلیه

See also: صقلية, and صقلیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya), from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Proper noun

صقلیه • (sıkılliye)

1. Sicily

Descendants

• Turkish: Sıkılliye

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya), from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.qil.li.ˈja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.qɪl.li.jǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.qɪl.li.jǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.qɪl.li.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.qil.li.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ʁel.li.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.qil.li.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	siqilliya
Dari reading?	siqilliya
Iranian reading?	seğelliye
Tajik reading?	siqilliya

Proper noun

Dari	صقلیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Сиқиллия

صقلیه • (seqelliyye)

1. (obsolete) Sicily

   Synonym: سیسیل (sisil)

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma‎^[1]:

     باجگاهی‌ست آنجا که کشتی ها، که از اطراف روم و فرنگ و اندلس و مغرب بیاید، عشر به سلطان دهند، و ارزاق لشکر از آن باشد، و سلطان را آنجا کشتی‌ها باشد که به روم و صقیله و مغرب روند و تجارت کنند.

     bājgāhē-st ānjā ki kištī-hā, ki az atrāf-i rūm u farang u andalus u mağrib biyāyad, ušr ba sultān dahand, u azrāq-i laškar az ān bāšand, u sultān rā ānjā kištī-hā bāšad ki ba rūm u siqillīya u mağrib rawand u tijārat kunand.

     It is a place of trade such that ships from the regions of Byzantium, Europe, al-Andalus, and North Africa come there. The tenth [of the goods] are given to the ruler, and the troops are supplied from that. The ruler has ships there which go and trade in Byzantium, Sicily, and North Africa.