تشنگی

Persian

Etymology

From تشنه (tešne) +‎ ـگی (-gi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taʃ.na.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeʃ.næ.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	tašnagī
Dari reading?	tašnagī
Iranian reading?	tešnagi
Tajik reading?	tašnagi

Noun

Dari	تشنگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ташнагӣ

تشنگی • (tešnegi)

1. thirst
2. (figurative) craving, thirst (for)
   • 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 100:

     هر دم از تشنگی وصل مزن تیغ جفا
     که دگر آرزوی آب زلالست مرا

     har dam az tašnagī-yi wasl mazan tēğ-i jafā
     ki digar ārzū-yi āb-i zulāl ast ma-rā

     Do not strike iniquity's blade at each moment because of my thirst for reunion [with you],
     For I also have a desire for limpid water.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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