saif

Saif, Seif, Sayf or Seife (Arabic: سيف, Amharic: ሰይፍ) is a word in the Semitic languages meaning 'sword', and as a name, 'fighter' or 'protector [of something]'. Cognates are Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܦܐ (Sayfo), Hebrew: סַיִף (sáyip̄), Imperial Aramaic: סַיְפָּא (saypā), and likely Ancient Egyptian (Coptic: ⲥⲏϥⲉ) sēfe. It may also refer to: