اقیانوس

See also: أوقيانوس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُوقْيَانُوس (ʔuqyānūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

اقیانوس • (ikyanus, okyanus, okyanos)

1. ocean

Synonyms

• بحر محیط (bahr-ı muhit)
• عمان (ummân)
• قاموس (kamus)

Descendants

• Turkish: okyanus

Persian

Alternative forms

• اوقیانوس (ūqyānūs / uġyânus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُوقْيَانُوس (ʔūqyānūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). First attested in the Iqbāl-nāma, circa 1195, but as a foreign یونانی (yūnānī / yunâni, “Ancient Greek”) word for "deep sea," and uncommon until the 1800s. The widespread modern use is influenced by European languages, perhaps initially via Ottoman Turkish اقیانوس (okyanus). Doublet of قاموس (qāmūs / ġâmus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔuq.jaː.ˈnuːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊq.jɑː.núːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊq.jɑː.núːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊq.jɑː.núːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuq.jɔː.nús]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoʁ.jɒː.núːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuq.jɔ.nús]

Readings
Classical reading?	uqyānūs
Dari reading?	uqyānūs
Iranian reading?	oġyânus
Tajik reading?	uqyonus

Noun

اقیانوس • (uqyānūs / oġyânus) (Tajik spelling уқёнус)

1. ocean

   Synonyms: دَرْیَا (daryā / daryâ), بَحْرِ مُحِیط (bahr-i muhīt / bahr-e mohit), دَرْیَایِ مُحِیط (daryā-yi muhīt / daryâ-ye mohit), قَامُوس (qāmūs / ġâmus)

Derived terms

• اقیانوسی (uqyānūsī / oġyânusi)
• اقیانوسیه (uqyānūsiyya / oġyânusiye)

Further reading

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