گشنه

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Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (gwšnk' /⁠gušnag⁠/, hungry), from Proto-Iranian *warš- (to be hungry), an Iranian-specific coinage modeled after Proto-Iranian *tarš- (to be thirsty), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry, thirsty).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? gušna
Iranian reading? gošne

Adjective

گشنه (gošne)

  1. Colloquial form of گرسنه (gorosne).

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423