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==Etymology== The [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''sīmurğ'' ({{lang|fa|[[wikt:سیمرغ|سیمرغ]]}}) derives from [[Middle Persian]] ''sēnmurw''<ref>A. Jeroussalimskaja, "Soieries sassanides", in ''Splendeur des sassanides: l'empire perse entre Rome et la Chine'' (Brussels, 1993) 114, 117–118, points out that the spelling ''senmurv'', is incorrect – noted by David Jacoby, "Silk Economics and Cross-Cultural Artistic Interaction: Byzantium, the Muslim World, and the Christian West", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'' 58 (2004): 197–240, esp. 212 note 82.</ref><ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2002 |title=Simorg |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Iranica |publisher=Mazda Pub |location=Costa Mesa |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/simorg |last=Schmidt |first=Hanns-Peter |author-link=Hanns-Peter Schmidt}}</ref> and earlier ''sēnmuruγ'', also attested in [[Pazend]] texts as ''sīna-mrū''. The Middle Persian word comes from [[Avestan]] ''mərəγō Saēnō'' "the bird Saēna", originally a [[Raptor (bird)|raptor]], likely an [[eagle]], [[falcon]], or [[sparrowhawk]], as can be deduced from the etymological cognate [[Sanskrit]] ''śyenaḥ'' (श्येनः) [[Raptor (bird)|raptor]], [[eagle]] and [[bird of prey]], which also appears as a divine figure.<ref>[[Manfred Mayrhofer|Mayrhofer, Manfred]] (1996). “śyená-”. In: ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen'' [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] Volume II. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1996. p. 662. (In German)</ref> ''Saēna'' is also a personal name. The word was lent to Armenian as ''siramarg'' ({{lang|hy|[[wikt:սիրամարգ#Old Armenian|սիրամարգ]]}}) '[[peacock]]'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siramarg by Aram Sarkisian {{!}} Animators for Armenia {{!}} Animators for Armenia |url=https://animators-armenia.betterworld.org/auctions/animators-armenia/items/siramarg-by-aram-sarkisian |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=BetterWorld |language=en}}</ref> On the other hand, the phrase ''sī murğ'' ({{lang|fa|سی مرغ}}) means "thirty birds" in Persian; this has been used by [[Attar of Nishapur]] in his symbolic story of ''[[The Conference of the Birds]]'', the [[frame story]] of which employs a play on the name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development (KCRD) |url=https://www.al-kindipublisher.com/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=www.al-kindipublisher.com}}</ref>
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