فرنه
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle Persian, whence also Arabic فُرْنُق (furnuq, “bad, spoiled, mismanaged”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [faɾ.nah]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | farnah |
Noun edit
References edit
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرنه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرنه”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2389b
- S̲h̲er, Addaï (1908) كتاب الالفاظ الفارسية المعرَّبة (in Arabic), Bayrūt: المطبعة الكاثوليكية للاباء اليسوعيين, page 119
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “فرنه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 923a
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “فرنه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 667b