آشنا
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Khalaj[edit]
Adjective[edit]
آشنا (âşnâ)
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾšnwʾk' /āšnāg/, “known”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Note also Old Persian [script needed] (ašnaiy, “near”). Possibly akin to Old Armenian Աշնակ (Ašnak, a male given name).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːʃ(i)nɑː/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɑːʃ(ɪ)nɑː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ɒːʃ(e)nɒː/
Audio (Iran) (file)
Adjective[edit]
آشنا • (âšnâ)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
آشنا • (âšnâ or âšenâ) (plural آشنایان (âšnâyân) or آشناها (âšnâ-hâ))
- acquaintance, friend
- late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “زاهد خلوتنشین دوش به میخانه شد”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:
- مغبچهای میگذشت راهزن دین و دل، در پی آن آشنا از همه بیگانه شد.
- moğ-bačče-yi mi-gozašt râhzan-e din o del, dar pey-e ân âšnâ az hame bigâne šod.
- A Magian child was passing by, [that] bandit of faith and hearts; to follow that friendly one, he stopped knowing anyone else.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Herzenberg, L. G. (2014), “Studies in Persian Etymology II”, in Acta Linguistica Petropolitana[1], volume 10, issue 1, published by P. A. Kocharov and A. V. Shatskov, page 37 of 19–48
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 34(1), page 8
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āšnāg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
آشنا • (āšnā) m or f (Hindi spelling आशना)
Ushojo[edit]
Adjective[edit]
اَشنا (ašnā)
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