مسلمانی

Persian

Etymology

مسلمان (mosalmân, “Muslim”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.sal.mɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säl.mɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säl.mɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säl.mɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säl.mɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sæl.mɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.säl.mɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	musalmānī
Dari reading?	musalmānī
Iranian reading?	mosalmâni
Tajik reading?	musalmoni

Noun

مسلمانی • (mosalmâni)

1. Islam

   Synonym: اسلام (eslâm)

   • 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 115:

     من غم روزه خورم و مغبچه‌ها باده ناب
     سوختم آه درین شهر مسلمانی هست

     man ğam-i rōza xwaram u muğbačča-hā bāda-yi nāb
     sūxtam āh dar īn šahr musalmānī hast

     I suffer the sorrow of fasting, and the Magian children drink pure wine;
     I burn in anguish! Alas that there is Islam in this town!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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