افلاطون

See also: أفلاطون

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• افلاطونی (eflatuni)

Etymology

From Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn, “Plato”), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn) as adjusted to Arabic phonology. Nişanyan considers that the use of the term for a shade of purple originates in the multiple references to such colours in Plato's work (e.g. Ancient Greek ἁλουργής (halourgḗs) in the Republic, Book IV, 429d).

Adjective

افلاطون • (eflatun)

1. platonic
2. reddish-purple, magenta, purple

   Synonym: مور (mor)

Noun

افلاطون • (eflatun)

1. Plato
2. reddish-purple, magenta, purple

Descendants

• Turkish: eflatun

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افلاطون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 159b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eflatun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaf.lɑː.ˈtuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.lɑː.t̪ʰúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.lɑː.t̪ʰúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.lɑː.t̪ʰúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.lɔː.t̪ʰún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.lɒː.t̪ʰúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.lɔ.t̪ʰún]

Readings
Classical reading?	aflātūn
Dari reading?	aflātūn
Iranian reading?	aflâtun
Tajik reading?	aflotun

Proper noun

Dari	افلاطون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Афлотун

افلاطون • (aflâtun)

1. Plato

Derived terms

• افلاطونی (aflâtuni, “Platonic, platonic”)

Related terms

• سقراط (soqrât, “Socrates”)
• ارسطو (arastu, “Aristotle”)