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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian wnpšk' (wanafšag, “violet”), of uncertain origin; see there for further information.
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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bunafša, binafša, banafša
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| Dari reading?
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binafša
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| Iranian reading?
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banafše
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| Tajik reading?
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bunafša
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Noun
| Dari
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بِنفشه
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| Iranian Persian
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بَنفشه
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| Tajik
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бунафша
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بنفشه • (banafše) (plural بنفشهها (banafše-hâ))
- violet (flower)
- بنفشه فرنگی ― banafše-ye farangi ― pansy
Derived terms
Descendants
See wnpšk' for descendants.
References
- ^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 63
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wanafšag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بنفشه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Proper noun
| Dari
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بنفشه
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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Бунафша
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بنفشه • (banafše)
- a female given name, Banafsheh