لانه

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Not found in Middle Persian; early attestations are from Rumi, mid-1200s.

Pronunciation edit


Iranian Persian	لانه
Dari	لانه
Tajik	лона

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑː.ˈna]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.nǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.nǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.nǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.né]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [luː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lāna
Dari reading^?	lāna
Iranian reading^?	lâne
Tajik reading^?	lona

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Noun edit

― lâne-ye gorbe ― bed for cats

لانه • (lâne)

home for animals:
1. lair; den (for mammals)
  Synonym: کُنام (konâm)
2. nest (for birds)
  Synonyms: آشیانه (âšiyâne), آشیان (âšiyân), (for birds of prey) آموت (âmut)
  - c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3707—3708:
    آتشی افتاد در عهد عمر
    همچو چوب خشک می‌‌خورد او حجر
    در فتاد اندر بنا و خانه‌‌ها
    تا زد اندر پر مرغ و لانه‌‌ها
    ātašē uftād dar ahd-i umar
    hamčō čōb-i xušk mē-xwarad ō xajar
    dar fitād andar binā u xāna-hā
    tā zad andar parr-i morğ u lāna-hā
    A conflagration occurred in the time of ‘Umar:
    It was devouring stones as though they were dry wood.
    It fell upon buildings and houses,
    Until [at last] it darted at the wings and nests of birds.
    (Classical Persian transliteration)
3. house, bed (for pets)
4. (figurative) lair, den (usually of criminal activity)
  ― lâne-ye jâsusi ― den of spies
  - c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 818:
    این جهان شهوتی بتخانه‌ایست
    انبیا و کافران را لانه‌ایست
    īn jahān-i šahwatī butxāna'ē-st
    abniyā u kāfirān rā lāna'ē-st
    This world, [which is] associated with lust, is an idol-temple:
    It is a nest [abode] for the prophets and the infidels [alike].
    (Classical Persian transliteration)

References edit

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press