خزان

See also: حزان and خزاں

Arabic

Root
خ ز ن (ḵ-z-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaz.zaːn/

Noun

خَزَّان • (ḵazzān) m (plural خَزَازِين (ḵazāzīn) or خَزَّانَات (ḵazzānāt))

1. dam
2. reservoir
3. tank

Declension

Declension of noun خَزَّان (ḵazzān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَزَّان ḵazzān	الْخَزَّان al-ḵazzān	خَزَّان ḵazzān
Nominative	خَزَّانٌ ḵazzānun	الْخَزَّانُ al-ḵazzānu	خَزَّانُ ḵazzānu
Accusative	خَزَّانًا ḵazzānan	الْخَزَّانَ al-ḵazzāna	خَزَّانَ ḵazzāna
Genitive	خَزَّانٍ ḵazzānin	الْخَزَّانِ al-ḵazzāni	خَزَّانِ ḵazzāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَزَّانَيْن ḵazzānayn	الْخَزَّانَيْن al-ḵazzānayn	خَزَّانَيْ ḵazzānay
Nominative	خَزَّانَانِ ḵazzānāni	الْخَزَّانَانِ al-ḵazzānāni	خَزَّانَا ḵazzānā
Accusative	خَزَّانَيْنِ ḵazzānayni	الْخَزَّانَيْنِ al-ḵazzānayni	خَزَّانَيْ ḵazzānay
Genitive	خَزَّانَيْنِ ḵazzānayni	الْخَزَّانَيْنِ al-ḵazzānayni	خَزَّانَيْ ḵazzānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَزَازِين‎; خَزَّانَات ḵazāzīn‎; ḵazzānāt	الْخَزَازِين‎; الْخَزَّانَات al-ḵazāzīn‎; al-ḵazzānāt	خَزَازِين‎; خَزَّانَات ḵazāzīn‎; ḵazzānāt
Nominative	خَزَازِينُ‎; خَزَّانَاتٌ ḵazāzīnu‎; ḵazzānātun	الْخَزَازِينُ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتُ al-ḵazāzīnu‎; al-ḵazzānātu	خَزَازِينُ‎; خَزَّانَاتُ ḵazāzīnu‎; ḵazzānātu
Accusative	خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتٍ ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānātin	الْخَزَازِينَ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتِ al-ḵazāzīna‎; al-ḵazzānāti	خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتِ ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānāti
Genitive	خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتٍ ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānātin	الْخَزَازِينِ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتِ al-ḵazāzīni‎; al-ḵazzānāti	خَزَازِينِ‎; خَزَّانَاتِ ḵazāzīni‎; ḵazzānāti

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Bactrian. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (γzʾnh /⁠xazān⁠/), also probably a Bactrian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈzɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.zɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.zɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.zɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.zɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.zɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.zɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	xazān
Iranian reading?	xazân
Tajik reading?	xazon

Noun

Dari	خزان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хазон

خزان • (xazân)

1. (literary, poetic) autumn
   • 11th century, Manuchehri

     خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
     باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است

     xêzêd u xaz ârêd ki hangâm-i xazân ast
     bâd-i xunuk az jânib-i xwârazm vazân ast

     Get up and bring fur clothes as autumn is here
     A cold wind is blowing from the Khwarazm yonder

   Synonym: پاییز (pâyiz)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xəzan
• → Gujarati: ખઝાન (khajhān)
• → Kazakh: қазан (qazan)
• → Uzbek: xazon
• → Urdu: خزاں (xizā̃)

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “γzʾnh”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 182a
• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies‎^[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 7