تنها

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian tn'yhʾ (tanīhā).[1] Equivalent to Middle Persian tn' (tan, body, self) + yhʾ (īhā).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tanhā
Dari reading? tanhā
Iranian reading? tanhâ
Tajik reading? tanho

Adjective

Dari تنها
Iranian Persian
Tajik танҳо

تنها (tanhâ)

  1. alone
  2. lonely
    • 1972, “نمياد”, performed by Googoosh:
      واسه این دل تنها دیگه مهمون نمیاد
      vâse in del-e tanhâ dige mehmun nemiyâd
      For this lonely heart the guest never comes to visit
  3. single
  4. just
  5. only

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: tənha
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: तनहा (tanhā)
    Urdu: تَنْہا (tanhā)
  • Northern Luri: تںنیا (tənia)
  • Ottoman Turkish: تنها
  • Uyghur: تەنھا (tenha)

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82