چاشنی

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾšnyk /⁠čāšnīg⁠/), related to چشیدن (češidan, “to taste”), ultimately a suffixed form of Proto-Iranian *čaš- (“to taste”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːʃ.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃ.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃ.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃ.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːʃ.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːʃ.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔʃ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	čāšnī
Dari reading?	čāšnī
Iranian reading?	čâšni
Tajik reading?	čošni

Noun

Dari	چتنی, چاشنی
Iranian Persian	چاشنی
Tajik	чошнӣ

چاشنی • (čâšni)

1. (archaic) sampling of taste, gustation
2. condiment, seasoning, relish

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चाशनी (cāśnī)

  Urdu: چاشنی (cāśnī)

• → Turkish: çeşni

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چاشنی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چاشنی (čāšnī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːʃ.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

چاشنی • (cāśnī) f (Hindi spelling चाशनी)

1. syrup