آسان

See also: اسان and أسأن

Baluchi

Adjective

آسان • (ásán)

1. easy

Gawar-Bati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آسان (āsān), from Persian آسان.

Adjective

آسان (āsān)

1. easy

Kalami

Etymology

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Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn)

Classical Persian آسَان (āsān)bor.

Urdu آسَانْ (āsān)bor.

Kalami آسان

Borrowed from Urdu آسَانْ (āsān), borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: H(L)
• IPA^(key): /áːsáːn/

Adjective

آسان (āsān) m

1. easy

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “āsān”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77

Khalaj

Adjective

آسان (âsân)

1. Arabic spelling of âsân (“easy”)

Persian

Alternative forms

• آسون (âsun) (colloquial Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/). Compare Northern Kurdish hêsan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈsaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.sɔ́ːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.súːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.sɔ́n]

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	āsān
Dari reading?	āsān
Iranian reading?	âsân
Tajik reading?	oson

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

آسان • (āsān / âsân) (comparative آسان‌تَر, superlative آسان‌تَرین, Tajik spelling осон)

1. easy

   Synonyms: ساده (sāda / sâde), راحت (rāhat / râhat), خوار (xwār / xâr), سهل (sahl)

   Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (dušwār / došvâr)

   آیا فکر می‌کنید که کردی از فارسی آسان‌تر است؟ (formal Iranian)

   âyâ fekr mi-konid ke kordi az fârsi âsân-tar ast?

   Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?

   فک می‌کنین که کردی از فارسی آسون‌تره؟ (colloquial Iranian)

   fek mi-konin ke kordi az fârsi âsun-tar-e?

   Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2947:

     راههای صعب پایان برده‌ایم، ره بر اهل خویش آسان کرده‌ایم

     rāh-hā-yi sa'b pāyān burda-'ēm, rah bar ahl-i xwēš āsān karda-'ēm.

     We have brought the hard ways to an end; we have made the way easy for our own people.

   • late 14th century, Xwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ-i Shērāzī, “الا یا ایها الساقی (Alā yā ayyuha-s-sāqī)”, in دیوان حافظ [Dīwān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

     الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کأسا و ناولها، که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکل‌ها

     alā yā 'ayyuha-s-sāqi adir ka'san wa nāwilhā, ki 'išq āsān namūd awwal walē 'uftād muškilhā

     ʼalā yā ʼayyuha-s-sāqī ʼadir kaʼsan wa-nāwilhā [Arabic: "Come, o wine-pourer! Circulate a cup and pass it"], since love seemed easy at first, but soon difficulties occurred.

   • c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:

     دست از جان شستن آسان است در شب‌های هجر، می‌توان چون شمع خون خود به رنگ آب ریخت.

     dast az jān šustan āsān ast dar šab-hā-yi hijr, mē-tawān čun šam' xūn-i xud ba rang-i āb rēxt.

     Washing hands of life is easy in the nights of separation. Like the candle one can shed one's blood soundlessly.

Derived terms

(verbs)

• آسان شدن (âsân šodan, “to be eased”)
• آسان کردن (âsân kardan, “to facilitate”)
• آسان گرفتن (âsân gereftan, “to consider as easy”)

(others)

• آسان کار (âsân-kâr, “skillful”)
• آسان گذار (âsân-gozâr, “easy-going”)
• آسان گشا (âsân-gošâ, “easy to solve”)
• آسان گیر (âsân-gir, “acquirable, accessible”)
• آسانی (âsâni, “ease, convenience”)

Descendants

• → Ahirani: आसान (āsān)
• → Bengali: আসান (aśan)
• → Chagatai: آسان (ʾʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئاسان (asan)
  • Uzbek: oson
• → Dogri: (āsān)

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Dogra script: 𑠁𑠩𑠬𑠝

• → Gojri: اسان (asān)
• → Gujarati: આસાન (āsān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आसान (āsān)

  Urdu: آسَانْ (āsān)

  • → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

• → Khalaj: âsân
• → Maithili: āsān

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒮𑒰𑒢

• → Malvi: आसान (āsān)
• → Marathi: आसान (āsān)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅰𑅧 (asn)

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: آسَانْ (āsān)
  • Azerbaijani: asan
  • Ottoman Turkish: آسان (âsân)
    • Turkish: asan
• → Punjabi: asān

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਸਾਨ

  Shahmukhi script: اَسانْ

• → Salar: asan
• → Sindhi: āsān

  Arabic script: آسَانْ (āsān)

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋝𑋠𑋑

• → Turkmen: asan
• → Varhadi: आसान (āsān)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آسان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آسان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

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Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn)

Classical Persian آسَان (āsān)bor.

Urdu آسان

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.sɑːn/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.sɑːn/
• Hyphenation: آ‧سَا‧نْ
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

آسان • (āsān) (Hindi spelling आसान)

1. easy

   Synonyms: سَہَج (sahaj), سَرَل (saral)

Derived terms

• آسَانِی (āsānī)

Descendants

• → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

Further reading

• “آسان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “āsān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 47
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آسان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 10
• “آسان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.