عمی

See also: عمي, غمی, and عمى

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈmɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.mɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	amā
Dari reading?	amā
Iranian reading?	amâ
Tajik reading?	amo

Noun

عمی • (amâ)

1. (literary, obsolete) blindness

   Synonym: کوری (kuri)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 267:

     این ندانستند ایشان از عمی
     هست فرقی در میان بی‌‌منتها

     īn na-dānistand ēšān az amā
     hast farqē dar miyān bē muntahā

     In [their] blindness they did not perceive that there is an infinite difference between [them].