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Chagatai
Etymology
From Classical Persian ایشان (ēšān, “they”).
Noun
ایشان (transliteration needed)
- ishan
Descendants
References
- ^ Yijiu JIN, editor (2017), Islam, pages 234–235
Persian
Etymology
Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭 (awēšān, “they”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ēšān
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| Dari reading?
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ēšān
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| Iranian reading?
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išân
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| Tajik reading?
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ešon
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Pronoun
| Dari
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ایشان
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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эшон
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ایشان • (išân)
- they (with an animate, rational referent)
- (literary, formal, polite) he, she
Usage notes
- (they): This pronoun is typically only used when referring to people, or to things that are literally or figuratively animate and rational. To refer to inanimate things or irrational beings, the pronoun آنها (ânhâ) is used instead.
- (he, she): Grammatically, ایشان is a third person plural pronoun. Referring to an individual in the plural is a way of showing respect in Persian. If the pronoun is used as a subject, its verb is typically (but not always) conjugated in the third person plural.
Descendants
See also
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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مَن (man)
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ما (mâ)
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| 2nd person
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familiar
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تو (to)
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شُما (šomâ)
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| polite
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شُما (šomâ)
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| 3rd person
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general
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او (u)
اون (on)*
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آنها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân)
اونا (onâ)*
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| formal
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وِی (vey)
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ایشان (išân)
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| polite
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ایشان (išân)
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| * colloquial pronunciations
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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من (man),
مه (ma)*
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ما (mā)
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| 2nd person
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familiar
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تو (tū)
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شما (šumā)
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| polite
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شما (šumā)
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| 3rd person
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general
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او (ō),
آن (ān)
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آنها (ān-hā),
آنان (ānān),
آنا (ānā)*,
اونا (ōnā)*
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| formal
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وی (way)
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ایشان (ēšān)
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| polite
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ایشان (ēšān)
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| * colloquial Dari pronunciations
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