پهن

See also: بہن and تهن

Khalaj

Noun

پِهِن or پَهِن (pihin or pəhin) (definite accusative پهنی, plural پهنلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of pihin, pəhin (“manure”)

Declension

Declension of پهن

	singular	plural
nominative	پهن	پهنلَر
genitive	پهنۆݧ	پهنلَریݧ
dative	پهنکه	پهنلَرکه
definite accusative	پهنۆ	پهنلَری
locative	پهنچه	پهنلَرچه
ablative	پهنده	پهنلَرده
instrumental	پهنله	پهنلَرله
equative	پهنوارا	پهنلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پهن (pahn).

Noun

پهن • (pehn)

1. wide, broad

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾhn' /⁠pahn⁠/, “wide, broad”), from Proto-Iranian *páθana-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to stretch out, to spread out”) (Pokorny). Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬀- (paθana-, “spacious”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pahn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɦn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦn]

Readings
Classical reading?	pahn
Dari reading?	pahn
Iranian reading?	pahn
Tajik reading?	pahn

Adjective

پهن • (pahn) (comparative پهن‌تَر (pahn-tar), superlative پهن‌تَرین (pahn-tarin))

1. wide, broad

   Synonym: پت و پهن (pat-o-pahn)

   Antonym: باریک (bârik)

Derived terms

• پت و پهن (pat-o-pahn)
• پهنا (pahnâ)
• پهناور (pahnâvar)

 

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پهن (pehn)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pahn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 64