خاطرنشان

Persian

Etymology

خاطر (xâter, “mind”) +‎ نشان (nešân, present stem of نشاندن (nešândan, “to settle, to fix”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.tiɾ.ni.ˈʃɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪɾ.nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪɾ.nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪɾ.nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.t̪ʰiɾ.ni.ʃɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.t̪ʰeɹ.ne.ʃɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.t̪ʰiɾ.ni.ʃɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	xātirnišān
Dari reading?	xātirnišān
Iranian reading?	xâternešân
Tajik reading?	xotirnišon

Adjective

خاطرنشان • (xâternešân)

1. fixed in the mind or memory
   • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “Ghazal 370”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎^[1]:

     سخن باشد بسی کز غیر باید داشت پوشیده
     نمی‌دانم که شد حرف منت خاطرنشان یا نه

     suxan bāšad basē k-az ğayr bāyad dāšt pōšīda
     na-mē-dānam ki šud harf-i man-at xātirnišān yā na

     So many things to say to keep veiled from other people,
     But I do not know if you remember my words or not.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• خاطرنشان کردن (xâternešân kardan, “to remind”)