افسون

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Etymology 1

Noun

اَفسون (afsûn) (definite accusative اَفسونوُ, plural اَفسونلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of afsûn (charm)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

اَفسون (əfsûn) (definite accusative اَفسونوُ, plural اَفسونلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of əfsûn (magic spell)
Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭥𐭭 (afsōn, spell, incantation).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? afsūn
Dari reading? afsūn
Iranian reading? afsun
Tajik reading? afsun

Noun

Dari افسون
Iranian Persian
Tajik афсун

افسون (afsun)

  1. incantation
  2. charm

Descendants

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “afsōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 5

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