اعمی

See also: اعمي, أعمي, and أعمى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Adjective

اعمی • (ama)

1. blind
2. (figurative) ignorant

Noun

اعمی • (ama)

1. blind person

Descendants

• Turkish: âmâ

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “âmâ”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 227
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعمی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 145

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʔ.ˈmɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʔ.mɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	a'mā
Dari reading?	a'mā
Iranian reading?	a'mâ
Tajik reading?	aʾmo

Adjective

اعمی • (a'mâ)

1. blind

   Synonyms: کور (kur), نابینا (nâbinâ)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 88:

     کس نبیند بجز از چشم سلیمی رویت
     باد از دیدن دیدار تو اعمی لاله

     kas na-bēnad ba-juz az čašm-i salīmī rōyat
     bād az dīdan-i dīdār-i tō a'mā lāla

     Nobody shall see your face, save for Selim's eyes;
     May the tulip go blind from the sight of your visage!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (figurative) ignorant

Further reading

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