استغنا

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِغْنَاء (istiḡnāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā, “to be rich; to do without”).

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Readings
Classical reading? istiğnā
Dari reading? istiğnā
Iranian reading? esteğnâ
Tajik reading? istiġno

Noun

اِستِغنا • (esteğnâ)

  1. disregard for the help of others; independence, ability to be independent
    • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
      با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است
      با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش است
      bā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiğnā xwaš ast
      bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš ast
      To disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting;
      To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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