لوخن
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Iranian *luxšáh, Proto-Indo-Iranian *lukšás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”), derived from the root *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”).
Cognates include Old Armenian լուսին (lusin, “moon”), Proto-Slavic *luna and Old Latin losna.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [loː.ˈxan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [luː.xǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɵ.χǽn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | lōxan |
Dari reading? | lōxan |
Iranian reading? | luxan |
Tajik reading? | lüxan |
Noun edit
لوخن • (luxan) (plural لوخنها (luxan-hâ) or لوخنان (luxanân))
- (literary, obsolete) moon, moonlight
- c. 1200, Mowlavi, Spiritual Couplets :
- چندانکه خواهی جنگ کن یا گرم کن تهدیدها
میدان که دور لوخن است بهر چه مینالی ایا؟- čandânki xwâhî jang kun yâ garm kun tahdid-hâ
maydân ki dowr-î luxan ast, bahr-î če menâlî ayâ?
- čandânki xwâhî jang kun yâ garm kun tahdid-hâ
- چندانکه خواهی جنگ کن یا گرم کن تهدیدها
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لوخن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul