Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Coined by Ottoman dictionarian Sami Frashëri in 1870 as a phono-semantic matching of French scène (from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, scene)), using صحن (sahn) +‎ ـه (-e), the first part being derived from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Noun edit

صحنه (sahne) (definite accusative صحنه‌یی (sahneyi), plural صحنه‌لر (sahneler))

  1. scene

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “صحنه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 819

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish صحنه (sahne, scene), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn, yard, field).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
 

Readings
Classical reading? sahna
Dari reading? sahna
Iranian reading? sahne
Tajik reading? sahna

Noun edit

Dari صحنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik саҳна

صحنه (sahne)

  1. (film, theater) scene
  2. (theater) stage