لانه

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Persian

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Etymology

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Not found in Middle Persian; early attestations are from Rumi, mid-1200s.

Pronunciation

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Dari لانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik лона
 
 

Readings
Classical reading? lāna
Dari reading? lāna
Iranian reading? lâne
Tajik reading? lona
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Noun

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لانه گربهlâne-ye gorbebed for cats

لانه (lâne)

  1. home for animals:
    1. lair; den (for mammals)
      Synonym: کُنام (konâm)
    2. nest (for birds)
      Synonyms: آشیانه (âšiyâne), آشیان (âšiyân), (for birds of prey) آموت (âmut)
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3707—3708:
        آتشی افتاد در عهد عمر
        همچو چوب خشک می‌‌خورد او حجر
        در فتاد اندر بنا و خانه‌‌ها
        تا زد اندر پر مرغ و لانه‌‌ها
        ātašē uftād dar ahd-i umar
        hamčō čōb-i xušk mē-xwarad ō xajar
        dar fitād andar binā u xāna-hā
        tā zad andar parr-i morğ u lāna-hā
        A conflagration occurred in the time of ‘Umar:
        It was devouring stones as though they were dry wood.
        It fell upon buildings and houses,
        Until [at last] it darted at the wings and nests of birds.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    3. house, bed (for pets)
    4. (figurative) lair, den (usually of criminal activity)
      لانه جاسوسیlâne-ye jâsusiden of spies
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 818:
        این جهان شهوتی بتخانه‌ایست
        انبیا و کافران را لانه‌ایست
        īn jahān-i šahwatī butxāna'ē-st
        abniyā u kāfirān rā lāna'ē-st
        This world, [which is] associated with lust, is an idol-temple:
        It is a nest [abode] for the prophets and the infidels [alike].
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

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