دانایی
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Persian
Alternative forms
- دانائى (dânâ'i)
Etymology
Compound of دانا (dânâ, “wise”) + یی (-yi, nominalizing suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dānāyī |
| Dari reading? | dānāyī |
| Iranian reading? | dânâyi |
| Tajik reading? | donoyi |
Noun
دانایی • (dânâyi)
- wisdom
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 1422:
- بلکه خود از آدمی در گاو و خر
میرود دانایی و علم و هنر- balka xwad az ādamī dar gav u xar
mē-rawad dānāyī u 'ilm u hunar - Nay, indeed, wisdom and knowledge and excellence
pass from Man into the ox and the ass.
- balka xwad az ādamī dar gav u xar
- knowledge, learning
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دانایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دانائى”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul