پهنا

Persian

Etymology

From پهن (pahn, “wide, broad”) +‎ نا (nâ, suffix changing a few adjectives to abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pah.nɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.nɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.nɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.nɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.nɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɦ.nɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pahnā
Dari reading?	pahnā
Iranian reading?	pahnâ
Tajik reading?	pahno

Noun

Dari	پهنا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	паҳно

پهنا • (pahnâ)

1. width, breadth, expanse
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3093:

     تا که سازد جان پاک از سر قدم / سوی عرصه‌‌ی دور پهنای عدم

     tâ ki sâzad jân-i-pâk az sar qadam / sûy 'arsa-i-dûr pahnâ-i-'adam

     That the pure soul may make of its head a foot (fly headlong) towards the far stretching expanse of non-existence