Yī sī mài ěrdictionary entry
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Ismail (name) / Shah Ismail I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524
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Original source entry:

伊思邁爾 伊思迈尔 [Yi1 si1 mai4 er3] /Ismail (name)/Shah Ismail I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524/

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Other forms in these source records: 伊思邁爾

  • 伊
    yī

    (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that / (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè]) / (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng])

    Yī

    surname Yi

  • 思
    sī

    to think / to consider

  • 迈
    mài

    to step / to stride / (bound form) old / elderly / (loanword) mile (esp. in expressions of vehicle speed)

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

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