Safavid

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sä fä′wēd)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Sa•fa•vid  (sä fä′wēd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historya member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736.
Also, Sa•fa•wid  (sä fä′wēd).USA pronunciation 
  • Arabic ṣafawī, adjective, adjectival derivative of Ṣafī al-Dīn Isḥāq, ancestor of royal house + -id1
  • 1910–15

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