غزنی

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نگاره‌ای از ارگ غزنی
Citadel of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Through metathesis and apocope (elision of the final sound) of گنزک (ganzak, “treasury”) (also the name of an ancient town in Azerbaijan). See گنج (ganj, “treasure”) and گنجه (ganje, “Ganja”) (a city in Republic of Azerbaijan) for more. Ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğaznī
Dari reading? ğaznī
Iranian reading? ğazni
Tajik reading? ġazni

Proper noun

Dari غزنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ғазнӣ

غزنی • (ğazni)

  1. Ghazni (a city in Afghanistan)
  2. Ghazni (a province of Afghanistan)
    ولایت غزنی ― velâyat-e ğazni ― the province of Ghazni, Ghazni Province

Derived terms

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “غزنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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