اعیان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْيَان (ʔaʕyān).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	a'yān
Dari reading?	a'yān
Iranian reading?	a'yân
Tajik reading?	aʾyon

Noun

اعیان • (a'yân)

1. (collective) the aristocracy, the nobility

Further reading

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