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Ottoman Turkish
فسانه (fesâne)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian افسانه (afsâne, “tale, story, fable”).
Noun
افسانه • (efsane)
- tale, legend, myth, fable, any fictitious narrative told to excite wonder
- Synonyms: اسطوره (ustura), داستان (dastan), قصه (kıssa), مثل (masal), ماصال (masal), حكایه (hikaye), مثال (misal), سركذشت (sergüzeşt)
- (figuratively) absurd and irrational story and idle talk, fiddle-faddle, fairy tale
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “efsane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1370
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “efsane”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 245
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “افسانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 119
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Fabula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 538
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “افسانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 319
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “efsane”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افسانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 157
Persian
فسانه (fasâne), افسان (afsân)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (ʾfsʾnk /afsānag/, “fable”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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afsāna
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Dari reading?
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afsāna
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Iranian reading?
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afsâne
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Tajik reading?
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afsona
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Noun
Dari
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افسانه
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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афсона
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اَفْسانِه • (afsâne) (plural افسانهها (afsâne-hâ))
- tale, story, fable, legend, myth
- هزار افسانه ― hezâr afsâne ― a thousand tales
c. 1650, Čandra Bhān, دیوان برهمن [The Brahman's divan]:به ایران میبرد افسانه هندوستان بلبل- be irân mi-barad afsâne-ye hendustân bolbol
- Nightingale, carry this tale of Hindustan to Iran
c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:مادر شت زرتشت به رمز و اشارات است از آنکه نزد عوام افسانه که در دور از عقل باشد شکوهمند است.- mâdar-e šat zartošt be ramz va ešârât ast az ân-ke nazd-e 'avâm afsâne ke dar dur az 'aql bâšad šokuhmand ast.
- The essential ideas of the honorable Zoroaster are in riddles and allegories, since fables, though they may be removed from reason, seem splendid to the common folk.
Inflection
Basic forms of افسانه (afsâne)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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افسانه (afsâné)
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افسانهها (afsâne-hấ) افسانها △ (afsâneấ)
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definitive direct object
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افسانه را (afsâné râ) افسانه رو △ (afsâná ro)
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افسانهها را (afsâne-hấ râ) افسانها رو △ (afsâneấ ro)
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ezâfe
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افسانهٔ (afsâné-ye)
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افسانههای (afsâne-hấ-ye) افسانهای △ (afsâneấ-ye)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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افسانهای (afsâné-i)
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افسانههایی (afsâne-hấ-yi) افسانهایی △ (afsâneấ-yi)
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△ Colloquial.
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Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
افسانه • (afsâne)
- a female given name, Afsaneh
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾfsʾng”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols