همایون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian همایون (homâyun).

Adjective

همایون • (hümayun)

1. royal, imperial

Descendants

• Turkish: hümayun

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همایون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hümayun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy, “a bird of good omen; eagle”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬀 (humāiia, “blessed”), Sanskrit सुमाय (su-māyá, “having excellent counsels or plans, very wise”). All composed of Proto-Iranian *māyā- (“blessing, happiness”) and the prefix *hu- (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-. Related to Old Armenian հմայք (hmaykʻ, “witchcraft, divination”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hu.mɑː.juːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.mɑː.juːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.mɑː.juːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.mɑː.juːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mɔː.jun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.mɒː.juːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.mɔ.jun]

Readings
Classical reading?	humāyūn
Dari reading?	humāyūn
Iranian reading?	homâyun
Tajik reading?	humoyun

Adjective

Dari	همایون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳумоюн

همایون • (homâyun)

1. blessed
2. sacred
3. fortunate
4. royal, imperial

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hümayun
• → Bengali: হুমায়ুন (humaẏun)
• → Chagatai: همایون
  • Uyghur: ھۇمايۇن (humayun)
  • Uzbek: humoyun
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: हुमायूँ (humāyū̃)
  • Urdu: ہمایوں (humāyū̃)
• → Ottoman Turkish: همایون (hümayun)
  • Turkish: hümayun

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “همایون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul