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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian wʾnyst, wʾn- (wānist, wān-, “to conquer”), from Proto-Iranian *wan- (“to triumph, win”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wan-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥- (van-, “to win, triumph, to overcome”), Sanskrit वन् (van), English win.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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wānistan
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| Dari reading?
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wānistan
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| Iranian reading?
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vânestan
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| Tajik reading?
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vonistan
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Verb
وانستن • (vânestan) (present stem وان (vân))
- to conquer, to overcome
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “wʾn-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols