وانستن
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Persian wʾnyst, wʾn- (wānist, wān-, “to conquer”), from Proto-Iranian *wan- (“to triumph, win”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wan-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥- (van-, “to win, triumph, to overcome”), Sanskrit वन् (van), English win.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [wɑː.nis.ˈtan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [vɒː.nes.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vɔ.nis.t̪ʰǽn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | wānistan |
Dari reading? | wānistan |
Iranian reading? | vânestan |
Tajik reading? | vonistan |
Verb
editوانستن • (vânestan) (present stem وان (vân))
References
edit- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “wʾn-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols