کرشن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کرشن / कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɾiʃn]

Readings
Classical reading?	krišn

Proper noun

کرِشن • (krešn)

1. (obsolete) Krishna (Hindu god)

   Synonym: (modern) کریشنا (kerišnâ)

   • 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:

     سری کرشن ز جام حسن خود مست، صبا آسا به سوی بن روان شد.

     sri krešn ze jâm-e hosn-e xod mast, sabâ-âsâ be suy-e ban ravân šod.

     Sri Krishna, intoxicated by the cup of his own beauty, like a breeze began moving towards Ban.

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کنھیا (kanhaiyā, inherited) and کشن (kiśan, semi-learned borrowing).

Proper noun

کرشن • (kirśn) m (Hindi spelling कृष्ण)

1. (Hinduism) Krishna
2. a male given name, Krishna, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage