عطا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Noun

عطا • (atâ)

1. giving
2. gift

Descendants

• Turkish: atâ

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1305

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈtɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	atā
Dari reading?	atā
Iranian reading?	atâ
Tajik reading?	ato

Noun

عطا • (atâ) (plural عطاها (atâ-hâ) or اعطیه (a'tiye))

1. act of giving

   Synonym: دادن (dâdan)

2. gift, present

   Synonyms: هدیه (hadye), موهبت (mowhebat), بخشش (baxšeš)

   • 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 76:

     هر لحظه دارد ابروی شوخت کرشمه‌ای
     شرمنده‌ام بسی ز عطاهای بیمرش

     har lahza dārad abrū-yi šōxat kirišma'ē
     šarmanda'am basē zi atāhā-yi bēmaraš

     Her mischievous eyebrows bear a flirtatious glance at every moment;
     I am much abash from her limitless gifts.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Noun

عَطا • ('atā) ? (Hindi spelling अता)

1. giving