آینه

See also: اینه

Khalaj

Noun

آینه (ayna) (definite accusative آینه‌ݧ, plural آینه‌لار)

1. Arabic spelling of ayna (“mirror”)

Declension

Declension of آینه

	singular	plural
nominative	آینه	آینه‌لار
genitive	آینه‌ݧ	آینه‌لارؽݧ
dative	آینه‌قا	آینه‌لارقا
definite accusative	آینه‌ݧ	آینه‌لارؽ
locative	آینه‌چا	آینه‌لارچا
ablative	آینه‌دا	آینه‌لاردا
instrumental	آینه‌لا	آینه‌لارلا
equative	آینه‌وارا	آینه‌لاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

آینه

Alternative forms

• آیینه (ayina)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آیْنَه (āyna), variant of آیِینَه (āyīna).

Noun

آینه • (ayna)

1. mirror, a surface usually made of glass, that reflects light

   Synonyms: گوزگی (gözgü), مرآت (mirʾat)

2. telescope, an optical instrument that magnifies distant objects
3. (nautical) quadrant or sextant, a navigational device
4. theodolite, a surveying instrument used to measure angles

Derived terms

• آینه جامی (ayna camı, “plate glass”)
• آینهجی (aynacı, “maker or seller of mirrors”)
• آینهدار (aynadar, “servant in charge of the mirrors”)
• آینهلنمق (aynalanmak, “to become like a mirror”)
• آینهلو (aynalı, “furnished with mirrors”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ayna
• → Armenian: այնա (ayna)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ayna1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 389
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آینه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 44
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Speculum”, 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^[2], Vienna, column 1581
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آینه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 616
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayna”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آینه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 311

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.na], [ʔɑː.ji.na]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.nä], [ʔɑː.jɪ.nä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.nä], [ʔɑː.jɪ.nä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.nä], [ʔɑː.jɪ.nä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nä], [ʔɔː.ji.nä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːj.ne], [ʔɒː.je.ne]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔi.nä]

Readings
Classical reading?	āyna, āyina
Dari reading?	āyna, āyina
Iranian reading?	âyna, âyene
Tajik reading?	oina

Noun

آینه • (âyne, âyene)

1. Alternative form of آیینه.
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2746:

     روی خوبان ز آینه زیبا شود / روی احسان از گدا پیدا شود

     roy-i-xûb-ân ze âyana zîbâ šawad / roy-i-ahsân az gadâ paydâ šawad

     The face of the fair is made beautiful by the mirror, the face of Beneficence is made visible by the beggar.

Descendants

• → Gujarati: આયના (āyanā)