ویران
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian ویران (virân, “ruined; desolate”).
Adjective edit
ویران • (viran)
Derived terms edit
- ویرانلق (viranlık, “ruin”)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “viran”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5126
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ویران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1317
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Desertus”, 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, Vienna, column 362
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ویران”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1541
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “viran”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ویران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2152
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwylʾn' /awērān/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, “ruin, destruction”) and akin to Old Armenian աւեր (awer), աւերանք (awerankʿ), աւերակ (awerak), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [weː.ˈɾɑːn], [waj.ˈɾɑːn], [wiː.ˈɾɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [viː.ɹɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [väj.ɾɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | wērān, wayrān, wīrān |
Dari reading? | wayrān |
Iranian reading? | virân |
Tajik reading? | vayron |
Adjective edit
Dari | ویران |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | вайрон |
ویران • (virân)
- ruined
- 1210–1292, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan, chapter 6, story 1;[1] Persian proverb:
- خانه از پای بند ویران است
خواجه در بند نقش ایوان است- xâne az pây-band virân ast
xâje dar band-e naqš-e ivân ast - The house is ruined from the foundation
Khajah is bounded by the design on the iwan
- xâne az pây-band virân ast
- 1210–1292, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan, chapter 6, story 1;[1] Persian proverb:
- desolate
- gloomy
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: viran
- → Middle Bengali: অইরান (oiran)
- Bengali: বিরান (biran)
- → Gujarati: વીરાન (vīrān), વેરાન (verān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: ویران (viran)
- → Punjabi: ویران (vīrān)
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 359–360
- Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 48b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 112, 511
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 14
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ویران (wīrān).
Adjective edit
ویران • (vīrān) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੀਰਾਨ)
Related terms edit
- (ruin, devastation, gloom): ویرانی (vīrānī)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ویران (wīrān).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋiː.ɾɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: وِی‧ران
Adjective edit
وِیران • (vīrān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling वीरान)
Related terms edit
- (solitude): ویرانی (vīrānī)