یگانه

See also: یگانہ and يګانه

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یگانه (yagāna).

Adjective

یگانه (transliteration needed)

1. unique
2. incomparable
   • (Can we date this quote?), Dictionnaire turk-oriental, page 289:

     کم ایکی کبوتر یگانه
     بیر اوی‌دا چیقاردیلار جوانه

     Two incomparable pigeons have produced in one house a squab.

Descendants

• Uyghur: يېگانە (yëgane)
• Uzbek: yagona

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian یگانه (yegâne).

Adjective

یگانه • (yegâne)

1. one; sole; single; unique

Derived terms

• یگانه‌لك (yegânelik)

Related terms

• یگانگی (yegânegî)

Descendants

• Turkish: yegâne

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یگانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2205

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywkʾnk' /⁠ēkānag⁠/). By surface analysis, یک (yek, “one”) +‎ ـانه (-âne).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ja.ɡɑː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.ɡɑː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.ɡɑː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jä.ɡɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jä.ɡɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [je.ɡɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.ɡɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	yagāna
Dari reading?	yagāna
Iranian reading?	yegâne
Tajik reading?	yagona

Adjective

Dari	یگانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ягона

یگانه • (yegâne)

1. unique, sole, single, one
2. incomparable

   Synonym: بی‌نظیر (bi-nazir)

Derived terms

• یگانگی (yegânegi)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: yeganə
• → Bengali: এগানা (egana)
• → Chagatai: یگانه
  • Uyghur: يېگانە (yëgane)
  • Uzbek: yagona
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: यगाना (yagānā)
  • Urdu: یَگانَہ (yagāna)
• → Ottoman Turkish: یگانه (yegâne)
  • Turkish: yegâne
• → Pashto: يګانه (yagāna)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਯਗਾਨਾ (yagānā)
  • Shahmukhi script: یَگانَہ (yagānah)
• → Saraiki: یَگانَہ (yagānah)
• → Sindhi:
  • Arabic script: يگانو
  • Devanagari script: यगानो

Proper noun

یگانه • (yegâne)

1. a female given name, Yeganeh, from Middle Persian
2. a surname

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Yeganə

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “یگانه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim