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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessaphir
Pronunciation / Transliteration: saphir
"Elle porte un magnifique collier de saphirs."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A transparent precious stone of a rich blue variety of corundum.
"She wore a stunning ring set with a deep blue sapphire."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin sapphirus, which comes from the Greek sappheiros, ultimately tracing back to Semitic origins such as the Hebrew sappir and Sanskrit sanipriya, meaning 'beloved of Saturn'. Historically used to describe any blue precious stone, it eventually became specifically restricted to the precious blue variety of the mineral corundum during the Middle Ages.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Sapphire" is said worldwide
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saphir
Transliteration: saphir
"Elle porte un magnifique collier de saphirs."
Saphir
Transliteration: Saphir
"Der Saphir glänzte in der Sonne."
zaffiro
Transliteration: zaffiro
"Quello zaffiro è di un blu intenso."
zafiro
Transliteration: zafiro
"El anillo tiene un zafiro precioso."
safira
Transliteration: safira
"A safira é uma pedra preciosa muito dura."
नीलम
Transliteration: neelam
"उसने हाथ में नीलम की अंगूठी पहनी है।"
蓝宝石
Transliteration: lán bǎoshí
"这条项链镶嵌着一颗巨大的蓝宝石。"
사파이어
Transliteration: sapaieo
"그녀는 사파이어 귀걸이를 하고 있었다."
サファイア
Transliteration: safaia
"彼女は美しいサファイアの指輪を着けている。"
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