# شمعدان
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian شمعدان (šam'dân).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃamʕaˈdaːn/

### Noun

شمعدان • (šamʿadān) f (plural شمعدانات (šamʿadānāt))
* candlestick

#### Related terms

* شمعة

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* շէմ՚տան, շամտան (şamdan) — Armeno-Turkish

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شمعدان (šam'dân, “candlestick”), a compound of شمع (šam', “candle”) + ـدان (-dân, “holder”).

### Noun

شمعدان • (şemʼdan) (definite accusative شمعدانی (şemʼdanı), plural شمعدانلر (şemʼdanlar))
* candlestick, candle holder, a holder with a socket or spike for a candle

#### Derived terms

* شمعدانجی (şemʼdancı, “candlelighter”)
* قوللی شمعدان (kollu şemʼdan, “flambeau”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: şamdan
* → Albanian: shandan
* → Armenian: շամտան (šamtan), շամդան (šamdan)

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şamdan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4425
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شمعدان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 290b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شمعدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 734
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Candelabrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 141
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شمعدان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2862
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şamdan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمعدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1137

## Persian
### Etymology

From شمع (šam', “wax, candle”) +‎ ـدان (-dân, “holder”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃamʔ.dɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃämʔ.d̪ɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃämʔ.d̪ɑːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃäm.d̪ɑːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃäm.d̪ɔːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃæmʔ.d̪ɒːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃämʔ.d̪ɔn]

### Noun

| Dari | شمعدان |
| Iranian Persian | شمعدان |
| Tajik | шамъдон |
شمعدان • (šam'dân)
* candlestick
** Bible, 2 Chronicles 4:7 :و ده‌ شمعدان‌ طلا موافق‌ قانون‌ آنها ساخته‌، پنج‌ را به‌ طرف‌ راست‌ و پنج‌ را به‌ طرف‌ چپ‌ در هیکل‌ گذاشتAnd (he) built 10 golden candlesticks according to the prescribed method and placed 5 to the right, 5 to the left of the temple
* menorah

#### Descendants

* → Hijazi Arabic: شَمْعَدَان (šamʕadān)
* → Gujarati: શામદાન (śāmdān)
* → Ottoman Turkish: شمعدان (şemʼdan), շէմ՚տան, շամտան (şamdan) — Armeno-Turkish
** Turkish: şamdan
** → Albanian: shandan
** → Armenian: շամտան (šamtan), շամդան (šamdan)
* → South Levantine Arabic: شمعدان (šamʕadān)
* → Urdu: شمع دان (śama-dān)

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شمعدان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian شمعدان (šam'dân).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃam.ʕa.daːn/, [ʃam.ʕaˈdæːn]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

شمعدان • (šamʕadān) m (plural شمعدانات (šamʕadānāt))
* candlestick, candleholder

#### See also

* شمعة (šamʕa, “candle”)
* شمع (šamʕ, “wax”)