Sahifasi

Sahifasi is a Turkish possessive form derived from sahifa, a borrowed term of Arabic origin meaning page, leaf, or manuscript. The suffix -si (with appropriate vowel harmony) marks possession, so sahifası translates roughly as “its page” or “his/her page,” depending on the referent. In Turkish, sahifa itself appears mainly in historical, religious, or bibliographic contexts, while the everyday word for a page is sayfa.

The base noun sahifa carries a broader sense beyond a single sheet. It can refer to a page within a manuscript, a sheet of paper, or a section of a document. In classical Islamic literature, sahifa is used to denote significant written works or gatherings of pages, and several well-known titles incorporate the term Sahifa, such as Sahifa al-Sajjadiya, a collection of supplications attributed to Imam Zayn al-Abidin. Other early hadith and jurisprudence collections also use Sahifa in their titles, indicating its historical role as a labeled unit of written material.

In modern Turkish usage, sahifa remains largely specialized. The standard Turkish word for a page in most contexts is sayfa, especially for everyday reading or web content. Sahifa appears primarily in discussions of manuscripts, religious texts, or when referring to the traditional or bibliographic sense of a “page” that forms part of a longer work. Outside Turkish, related languages retain sahifa with similar meanings, commonly translated as page or document.

See also: Sahifa (general term in Arabic and related languages), Sahifa al-Sajjadiya, page (in Turkish: sayfa).