گرسنه

Persian

Etymology

Seemingly inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (gwlsk /⁠gursag⁠/, “hungry”), but the correspondence is irregular. Apparently influenced by (and probably from the same origin as) the synonym Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwšnk' /⁠gušnag⁠/, “hungry”), which is the source for the regular modern colloquial word گشنه (gošne, “hungry”).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾus.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ɾɪs.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.ɾɪs.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊʃ.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾis.nǽ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.ɹos.né]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.ɹos.né]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥oʃ.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾus.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gurusna
Dari reading?	gurisna
Iranian reading?	gorosne
Tajik reading?	gurusna

Adjective

Dari	گرسنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гурусна

گُرُسنه • (gorosne) (comparative گُرُسنه‌تَر (gorosne-tar), superlative گُرُسنه‌تَرین (gorosne-tarin))

1. (literary) hungry

   گرسنه هستم. (literary) ― gorosne hastam. ― I am hungry.

   گشنمه. (colloquial Iranian) ― gošna-m-e. ― I'm hungry.

Usage notes

• گشنه (gošne), which is actually from a different Middle Persian word, is used colloquially in both Iran and Afghanistan. However, گشنه (gošne) is usually considered the colloquial form of گرسنه (gorosne) rather than a different word.

Derived terms

• گرسنگی (gorosnegi, “hunger”)