# safir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈfir]
* IPA: (Valencia) [saˈfir]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

safir m (plural safirs)
* sapphire

### Further reading

* “safir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “safir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “safir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “safir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /safiːr/, [saˈfiɐ̯ˀ]

### Noun

safir c (singular definite safiren, plural indefinite safirer)
* sapphire

#### Further reading

* “safir” in Den Danske Ordbog
* safir on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch saffier, from Middle Dutch saffier, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsafɪr]
* Hyphenation: sa‧fir

### Noun

safir
* sapphire.

#### Alternative forms

* sapir

### Further reading

* “safir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* safiro

### Etymology

From Old French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros), or an apocopic form of safiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈfiɾ/

### Noun

safir m (plural safiros)
* sapphire
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v:Et eſta piedra es cardena en ſu color aſſi q̃ ſemeia al ſafir en la cardenor mas nõ en la luz. ca a eſta nõ traspaſſa el uiso como al ſafir faze ca la su color es mucho espeſſa ⁊ turuiaAnd this stone is purple in color, so that it resembles the sapphire in purpleness; but not in light, for sight cannot see through it like it does through sapphire, for its color is too thick and murky.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: zafiro

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French saphir, from Latin sapphirus.

### Noun

safir n (plural safire)
* sapphire

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǎfiːr/
* Hyphenation: sa‧fir

### Noun

sàfīr m (Cyrillic spelling са̀фӣр)
* sapphire

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈfiɾ/ [saˈfiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: sa‧fir

### Noun

safir m (plural safires)
* (dated) synonym of zafiro (“sapphire”)

### Further reading

* “safir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -iːr

### Noun

safir c
* sapphire

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | safir | safirs |
| singular | definite | safiren | safirens |
| plural | indefinite | safirer | safirers |
| plural | definite | safirerna | safirernas |

### Anagrams

* firas, fisar, frias

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفیر, from French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈfiɾ/
* Hyphenation: sa‧fir
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

safir (definite accusative safiri, plural safirler)
* sapphire
    Synonym: gök yakut

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
safir
safirler
definite accusative
safiri
safirleri
dative
safire
safirlere
locative
safirde
safirlerde
ablative
safirden
safirlerden
genitive
safirin
safirlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
safirim
safirlerim
2nd singular
safirin
safirlerin
3rd singular
safiri
safirleri
1st plural
safirimiz
safirlerimiz
2nd plural
safiriniz
safirleriniz
3rd plural
safirleri
safirleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
safirimi
safirlerimi
2nd singular
safirini
safirlerini
3rd singular
safirini
safirlerini
1st plural
safirimizi
safirlerimizi
2nd plural
safirinizi
safirlerinizi
3rd plural
safirlerini
safirlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
safirime
safirlerime
2nd singular
safirine
safirlerine
3rd singular
safirine
safirlerine
1st plural
safirimize
safirlerimize
2nd plural
safirinize
safirlerinize
3rd plural
safirlerine
safirlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
safirimde
safirlerimde
2nd singular
safirinde
safirlerinde
3rd singular
safirinde
safirlerinde
1st plural
safirimizde
safirlerimizde
2nd plural
safirinizde
safirlerinizde
3rd plural
safirlerinde
safirlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
safirimden
safirlerimden
2nd singular
safirinden
safirlerinden
3rd singular
safirinden
safirlerinden
1st plural
safirimizden
safirlerimizden
2nd plural
safirinizden
safirlerinizden
3rd plural
safirlerinden
safirlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
safirimin
safirlerimin
2nd singular
safirinin
safirlerinin
3rd singular
safirinin
safirlerinin
1st plural
safirimizin
safirlerimizin
2nd plural
safirinizin
safirlerinizin
3rd plural
safirlerinin
safirlerinin :

#### Derived terms

* safir mavisi

### Further reading

* “safir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “safir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı