ܣܺܝܡܽܘܪ symwr simur a fabulous bird
MP sēn murw [syn mwlw] a fabulous bird (CPD 74; Nyberg 157); OInd. śyená- (Mayrhofer EWA 2, 662), Av. saēna-, mərəγō saēnō (AirWb 1548 and 1172); OP *syaina- (Hinz 1975, 229); NP sīmurγ (NW form; Steingass 718; Horn 169). See Schapka 1972, 247; Fauth 1987; Hübschmann AG 499, no. 411; Mayrhofer OnP 8.1560. As regards the Middle Iranian dialectal variation /γ/ – /w/ cf. Mancini 1995, 94 n. 64, with bibl., and § 10, above ● KwD 25, 15 = 239, 4; BA 2, 167, 10 ◆ LS 482b