'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎320v] (645/652)

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SAL AM—Peace, Safety, salutation ; hence SalaM-i-’Imm,
audience, ” to which every one is admitted.
SANG— Stone, rock ; hence Sangar, a stone breastwork.
SAR—Head. Much used in composition, as Sarab, “ fountain-head ” ;
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , ‘^officer, ” “ chief,” etc.
SARD—Cold ; hence Sard-sir, “ the cold region, ” interior of Persia.
SARHAD—Literally, “ head of the frontier, ” a boundary. Applied
sometimes in Persia to the cold regions or Sardsib.
SARHANG— Lieutenant-Colonel; SartIp, Full Colonel, Brigadier-General*
Major-General {vide Army, etc.).
SEH— Three. < ^ ^
SHAH King • hence, Shahan-Shah or Shah-i-Shahan, King of Kings*
title of the Persian sovereign. The “ a ” of “ an ” in Shahan, kings, is
shortened, in the first name for the sake of euphony, and on account of the
peculiarities of Persian prosody.
SHAHl—Royal. The twentieth part of a Kran.
SHAHID— A beholder, a fair woman; Shahid, a witness, a martyr
SHAHR—City. Month (in Arabic).
SHAIKH—Old man, teacher, chief.
SHAM—Evening, Syria.
SHAMS The sun. Much used in composition and in names, as ShamsabAd.
SHARlF—Noble, eminent, exalted. From Sharaf, nobility, etc.
SHI 5 AH—A sectary, dissenter, a name particularly applied to the followers
of ’Aid and his descendants, and as an epithet to the dominant faith of
Persia.
SHIM AL—North. Name for the north-west wind prevalent in the Persian
Gulf.
SHlR—Lion, milk.
SHlRIN—Sweet.
SHISH— Six; Shast, sixty.
SHUR—Noise, uproar, salt.
SHUTUR— Camel. Sometimes written Ushtur.
Si—Thirty.
SIAH—Black; hence, Siah Push, “Wearing-black,” an epithet of the
inhabitants of Kafiristan.
glM— Silver (substantive), wi e, boundary ; Simin, Silver (adjective).
SIP AH—Army, soldiery; hence Sipah-Salar, Commander-in-Chief.
gUHAIL—The star Canopus ; hence Suhaili, local name for a south-west
wind, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
SUL AIM AN—Proper name, Solomon. Much used in composition, as,
SulaimAnabad.