قانع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَانِع (qāniʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ˈniʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nɪ́ʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nɪ́ʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.néʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.néʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qāni'
Dari reading?	qāne'
Iranian reading?	ğâne'
Tajik reading?	qoneʾ

Adjective

قانع • (qâne')

1. convincing, persuasive
2. content, satisfied
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 119:

     شادمانیهای اهل عشق در ملک وفا
     دل نهادن بر غم و قانع بهجران بودنست

     šādimānīhā-yi ahl-i išq dar mulk-i wafā
     dil nihādan bar ğam u qāni' ba-hajrān būdan ast

     The joy of the people of love in the realm of fidelity
     Lies in placing their heart in pain, and being content with separation.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• قانع کردن (qâne' kardan)
• قانع کردن (qâne' šodan)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قانع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim