دانشمند

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• տանիշմէնտ (danişmend) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دانشمند (dānišmand).

Adjective

دانشمند • (danişmend)

1. wise, knowledgeable

Noun

دانشمند • (danişmend) (definite accusative دانشمندی (danişmendi), plural دانشمندان (danişmendan))

1. a fiqh scholar who assists qadis

Related terms

• دانش (daniş, “knowledge”)
• دانش آموز (daniş amuz, “didactic”)
• دانشور (danişver, “knowledgeable”)
• دانشگاه (danişgâh, “school”)
• دانشگده (danişgede, “university”)
• دانشگر (danişger, “wise”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: danişment, danışman
• → Middle Armenian: դանիշման (danišman), դանըշման (danəšman)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “دانشمند”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1100a
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “dâniş-mend”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 198a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “دانش”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 340b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دانشمند”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 563b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “danişment”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “տանիշմէնտ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 887b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دانشمند”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 885a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دانشمند”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 600a

Persian

Etymology

From دانش (dâneš, “knowledge”) +‎ ـمند (-mand).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.niʃ.manð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.niʃ.män̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.neʃ.mæn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.niʃ.män̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	dānišmand
Dari reading?	dānišmand
Iranian reading?	dânešmand
Tajik reading?	donišmand

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -and

Noun

Dari	دانشمند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	донишманд

دانشمند • (dânešmand) (plural دانشمندان (dânešmandân) or دانشمندها (dânešmand-hâ))

1. scholar
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 160:

     زاد دانشمند آثار قلم / زاد صوفی چیست آثار قدم

     zâd-e dânešmand âsâr-e qalam / zâd-e sufi či-st âsâr-e qadam

     The scholar's provision is [consists of] pen-marks [written letters and words]. What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks.

2. (Iran) scientist

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દાનિશમંદ (dāniśmand)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਨਸ਼ਮੰਦ (dānśamand)

  Shahmukhi script: دانشمند (dānaśmand)

• → Urdu: دانش مند (dāniś-mand)
• → Turkmen: danyşment
• → Azerbaijani: danişmənd
• → Ottoman Turkish: دانشمند (danişmend), տանիշմէնտ (danişmend) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: danişment, danışman
  • → Middle Armenian: դանիշման (danišman), դանըշման (danəšman)