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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian twhyg (tuhīg, “empty; vain, illusory; barren”), from Proto-Iranian *tuŝyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuŝćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós, from *tews- (“to be empty”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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tuhī
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| Dari reading?
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tohī
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| Iranian reading?
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tohi
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| Tajik reading?
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tuhi
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Adjective
تهی • (tohi)
- empty (devoid of content)
- 1928-1980, Sohrab Sepehri, "قایقی خواهم ساخت"
قایق از تور تهی، و دل از آرزوی مروارید- qâyeq az tur tohi, va del az ârezu-ye morvârid
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- hollow
Synonyms
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “twhyg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols