آبزن

See also: أبزن, آثرن, and أثرن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄zn' /⁠ābzan⁠/). Compare Classical Syriac ܐܘܙܢܐ (ʾāwzānāʾ), Old Armenian աւազան (awazan), Old Georgian ავაზანი (avazani), Georgian აბაზანა (abazana), Aghwan 𐔰𐕛𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕎 (avazan), all Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːβ.ˈzan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.zǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.zǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.zǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːb.zǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːb.zǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔb.zǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇzan
Dari reading?	ābzan
Iranian reading?	âbzan
Tajik reading?	obzan

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Noun

Dari	آبزن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	обзан

آبزن • (âbzan) (plural آبزن‌ها (âbzan-hâ))

1. bath, pool

   Synonyms: آبشنگ (âbšang), حوض (howz), آبدان (âbdân)

Related terms

• آوازه (âvâze)

Descendants

• Arabic: أبزن (ʔabzan)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւազան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 352
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 102
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 4