سوزن

See also: سورن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سوزن (suzan).

Noun

سوزن • (suzen)

1. needle, a long, thin and sharp implement used in sewing and knitting

   Synonyms: ابره (ibre), ایكنه (iğne)

2. pin, a needle without an eye used for fastening

   Synonyms: ابره (ibre), ایكنه (iğne)

3. pricker, any tool used for pricking

Derived terms

• سوزن عیسی (suzen ʿİsa, “the pin of Jesus”)
• سوزندان (suzendan, “needle case”)
• سوزنی (suzeni, “pertaining to pins or needles”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: suzen

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “suzen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4366
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سوزن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 700
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Acus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 16
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سوزن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2710
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوزن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1091

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (swcn' /⁠sōzan⁠/, “needle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), and related to Sanskrit सूची (sūcī, “needle”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Vocalised Persian: سوزَن

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [soː.zan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.zän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.zän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [soː.zän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sʊː.zän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.zæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɵ.zän]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōzan
Dari reading?	sōzan
Iranian reading?	suzan
Tajik reading?	süzan

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Noun

Dari	سوزن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сӯзан

سوزن • (suzan)

1. needle

Related terms

• طب سوزنی (tebb-e suzani)