شیوه

Persian

Etymology

From the stem of (šib, “tilt, descend; bottom, base”) and (šiftan, “to attract, to infatuate, to besot”) +‎ (-e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.wa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.wä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.wä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃeː.wä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ve]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.vä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šēwa
Dari reading^?	šēwa
Iranian reading^?	šive
Tajik reading^?	ševa

Noun


Iranian Persian	شیوه
Dari	شیوه
Tajik	шева

شیوه • (šive) (plural شیوه‌ها (šive-hâ))

method, way
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 249:
  گفت آن خر کاو به شب لاحول خورد
  جز بدین شیوه نداند راه کرد
  guft ān xar k-ō ba šab lāhawl xward
  juz badīn šēwa na-dānad rāh kard
  He replied, “The ass that ate Lá hawl during the night
  cannot get along except in this manner.
graceful gesture or glance, blandishment, fizgig
craft, ruse, guile

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şivə
→ Ottoman Turkish: شیوه (şive)
- Turkish: şive
- → Crimean Tatar: şive

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