گشنه

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwšnk' /⁠gušnag⁠/, “hungry”), from Proto-Iranian *warš- (“to be hungry”), an Iranian-specific coinage modeled after Proto-Iranian *tarš- (“to be thirsty”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry, thirsty”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊʃ.nǽ]

Readings
Dari reading? gušna
Iranian reading? gošne

Adjective[edit]

گشنه • (gošne)

  1. Colloquial form of گرسنه (gorosne).

Usage notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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