# ساحل
## Arabic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saː.ħil/
* Rhymes: -il

### Noun

سَاحِل • (sāḥil) m (dual سَاحِلَان (sāḥilān), plural سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil))
* coast
* seaside

#### Derived terms

* سَاحِلِيّ (sāḥiliyy)
* سَاحِل الْعَاج (sāḥil al-ʕāj, “Ivory Coast”)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: sahil
* → Chagatai: ساحل
** Uyghur: ساھىل (sahil)
** Uzbek: sohil
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: साहिल (sāhil)
** Urdu: ساحل
* → Ottoman Turkish: ساحل (sâhıl)
** Turkish: sahil
** Crimean Tatar: sahil, sail
* → Pashto: ساحل
* → Persian: ساحل (sâhel)
* → Punjabi:
** Shahmukhi script: ساحِل (sāḥil)
* → Sindhi: ساحل

## Chagatai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Noun

ساحل (transliteration needed)
* coast

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: ساھىل (sahil)
* Uzbek: sohil

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Noun

ساحل • (sâhıl)
* coast

#### Derived terms

* ساحلی (sâhılî, “coastal”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: sahil

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Noun

ساحل • (transliteration needed) m
* coast

#### Derived terms

* ساحلي (“coastal”)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sɑː.ˈhil]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɑː.ɦɪ́l]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɑː.ɦɪ́l]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɑː.jɪ́l]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sɔː.jíl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sɒː.ɦél̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sɔ.ɦíl]

### Noun

ساحل • (sâhel) (plural ساحل‌ها (sâhel-hâ) or سواحل (savâhel))
* coast; waterside
    Synonyms: کرانه (karâne), دریاکنار (daryâkenâr), بار (bâr)
    ساحل رود ― sâhel-e rud ― riverside
    ساحل شرقی ― sâhel-e šarqi ― eastern coast
    سواحل دریای خزر ― savâhel-e daryâ-ye xazar ― coasts of the Caspian Sea
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحل‌هاšab-i tārīk u bīm-i mawj u girdābē čunīn hāyil kujā dānand hāl-i mā sabukbārān-i sāhil-hāThe dark night, the fear of waves, such a terrifying whirlpool! How can they know our state, those with light burdens on the shore?(Classical Persian transliteration)
* beach

#### Derived terms

* ساحل صحرا (sâhel-e sahrâ, “the Sahel”)
* ساحل عاج (sâhel-e ‘âj, “Ivory Coast”)
* ساحلی (sâheli, “coastal”)

### Proper noun

ساحل • (sâhel)
* a female given name, Sahel, from Arabic

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ساحل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Noun

ساحِل • (sāḥil) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਲ)
* coast

#### Derived terms

* ساحِلِی (sāḥilī, “coastal”)

### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ساحِل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Noun

ساحل • (transliteration needed) ?
* coast

#### Derived terms

* ساحلي (“coastal”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /sɑː.ɦɪl/

### Noun

ساحِل • (sāhil) m (Hindi spelling साहिल)
* coast, shore
    Synonym: کنارہ (kinārā)

#### Derived terms

* ساحِلِی (sāhilī, “coastal”)

### Proper noun

ساحِل • (sāhil) f (Hindi spelling साहिल)
* a female given name