معروف و مجهول
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Persian
Etymology
معروف (ma'rūf) + مجهول (majhūl)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'rūf u majhūl |
| Dari reading? | ma'rūf u majhūl |
| Iranian reading? | ma'ruf o majhul |
| Tajik reading? | maʾruf u majhul |
Noun
معروف و مجهول • (ma'rūf u majhūl)
- a vowel classification system in Classical Persian and Dari Persian in which certain vowel or semi-vowel characters represent two phonemes. The ma'ruf (معروف) phoneme and the majhul (مجهول) phoneme. The distinction between the two phonemes only being possible using diacritics.
Usage notes
- Though the terms معروف (ma'ruf) and مجهول (majhul) are sometimes used to describe vowel quality in Iranian Persian; Iranian Persian does not use the ma'ruf-majhul vowel system and the ma'ruf vowels common in other varieties are rare in Iranian Persian.
Derived terms
- زیر مجهول (zēr-i majhūl, “e”) (Classical Persian)
- زیر معروف (zēr-i ma'rūf, “i”) (Classical Persian)
- واو مجهول (wāw-i majhūl, “ō”) (Classical Persian)
- واو معروف (wāw-i ma'rūf, “w, ū”) (Classical Persian)
- پیش مجهول (pēš-i majhūl, “o”) (Classical Persian)
- پیش معروف (pēš-i ma'rūf, “u”) (Classical Persian)
- یای مجهول (yā-yi majhūl, “ē”) (Classical Persian)
- یای معروف (yā-yi ma'rūf, “ī, y”) (Classical Persian)