وانستن

Persian

Etymology

From 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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.nis.ˈtan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.nɪs.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.nɪs.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.nɪs.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.nis.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.nes.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.nis.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	wānistan
Dari reading?	wānistan
Iranian reading?	vânestan
Tajik reading?	vonistan

Verb

وانستن • (vânestan) (present stem وان (vân))

1. to conquer, to overcome

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “wʾn-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols