معروف و مجهول
Persian
editEtymology
editمعروف (ma'rūf) + مجهول (majhūl)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [maʔ.ˈɾuːf ʔu ma.ˈd͡ʒhuːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.ɹúːf ʔo mæ.ˈd͡ʒhuːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.ɾúf ʔu mä.ˈd͡ʒhul]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ma'rūf u majhūl |
Dari reading? | ma'rūf u majhūl |
Iranian reading? | ma'ruf o majhul |
Tajik reading? | maʾruf u majhul |
Noun
editمعروف و مجهول • (ma'rūf u majhūl)
- a vowel classification system in Classical Persian and Dari Persian in which certain vowel or semi-vowel characters represent two phonemes. The ma'ruf (معروف) phoneme and the majhul (مجهول) phoneme. The distinction between the two phonemes only being possible using diacritics.
Usage notes
edit- Though the terms معروف (ma'ruf) and مجهول (majhul) are sometimes used to describe vowel quality in Iranian Persian; Iranian Persian does not use the ma'ruf-majhul vowel system and the ma'ruf vowels common in other varieties are rare in Iranian Persian.