آیدین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• آیدن (aydın)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *aydïŋ (“light”); cognate with Azerbaijani aydın, Kazakh айдың (aidyñ), Turkmen aýdyň and Tuvan айдың (aydıñ). As a city, named in honor of Aydin Mehmet Bey upon his dynasty's conquest of Güzelhisar.

Noun

آیدین • (aydın)

1. light, a visible electromagnetic radiation

   Synonyms: ایشق (ışık), نور (nur)

2. (by extension) light, a source of illumination

   Synonyms: ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac), نور (nur)

3. clarity, brightness, the state of being clear or bright

Adjective

آیدین • (aydın)

1. luminous, shining, radiant, emitting light
2. illuminated, lit, irradiated by light
3. bright, sparkling, lustrous, glistening

Derived terms

• آیدینسز (aydınsız, “without light”)
• آیدینلق (aydınlık, “light”)
• آیدینلندرمق (aydınlandırmak, “to make shine brightly”)
• آیدینلنمق (aydınlanmak, “to become luminous”)
• آیدینلو (aydınlı, “luminous”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: aydın

Proper noun

Aydin Province in modern Turkey

آیدین • (Aydın)

1. Aydin, a male given name
2. Aydin (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Aydın

References

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aydın”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 380
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیدین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 43
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lumen”, 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 980
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آیدین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 587
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aydın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیدین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Aydın”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Aydın”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 67

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani Aydın.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.ˈdiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.d̪íːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.d̪íːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːj.d̪íːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.d̪ín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːj.d̪íːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj.d̪ín]

Readings
Classical reading?	āydīn
Dari reading?	āydīn
Iranian reading?	âydin
Tajik reading?	oydin

Proper noun

آیدین • (âydin)

1. a male given name, Aydin, from Azerbaijani