سرداب

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian سرداب (sardâb) / سردابه (sardâbe).

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Noun

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سِرْدَاب (sirdābm (plural سَرَادِيب (sarādīb))

  1. basement

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Persian

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Etymology

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Short form of سردابه (sardâbe), from سرد (sard, cold) +‎ آب (âb, water) +‎ ـه (-e). Compare گرمابه (garmâbe, bathhouse).

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Readings
Classical reading? sardāḇ
Dari reading? sardāb
Iranian reading? sardâb
Tajik reading? sardob

Noun

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Dari سرداب
Iranian Persian
Tajik сардоб

سرداب (sardâb) (plural سرداب‌ها (sardâb-hâ))

  1. basement; underground dwelling; crypt
    Synonym: زیرزمین (zirzamin)
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[1]:
      بر دیوار شرقی چون به گوشه رسد که جنوبی است و قبله بر ضلع جنوبی است و پیش دیوار شمالی مسجدی است سرداب که به درجه‌های بسیار فرو باید شدن و آن بیست گز در پانزده باشد و سقف سنگین بر ستون‌های رخام.
      bar dēwār-i šarqī čōn ba gōša rasad ki junūbī ast u qibla bar zil'-i junūbī ast u pēš-i dēwār-i šumālī-yi masjidē ast sardāb ki ba daraja-hā-yi bisyār furō bāyad šudan u ān bēst gaz dar pānzdah bāšad u saqf-i sangēn bar sutūn-hā-yi ruxām.
      On the eastern wall, when one reaches the corner to the south, the qibla is to the southern side, and one is before the northern wall of the mosque, there is a crypt which one must go down by many steps. It is twenty ells by fifteen, and the ceiling of stone is on marble pillars.

Descendants

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  • Arabic: سِرْدَاب (sirdāb)
  • Georgian: სარდაფი (sardapi)