خزان

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See also: حزان and خزاں

Arabic

Root
خ ز ن (ḵ z n)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

خَزَّان (ḵazzānm (plural خَزَازِين (ḵazāzīn) or خَزَّانَات (ḵazzānāt))

  1. dam
  2. reservoir
  3. tank

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Bactrian. Compare Sogdian (γzʾnh /⁠xazān⁠/), also probably a Bactrian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xazān
Dari reading? xazān
Iranian reading? xazân
Tajik reading? xazon

Noun

Dari خزان
Iranian Persian
Tajik хазон

خزان (xazân)

  1. (literary, poetic) autumn
    • 11th century, Manuchehri
      خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
      باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است
      xêzêd u xaz ârêd ki hangâm-i xazân ast
      bâd-i xunuk az jânib-i xwârazm vazân ast
      Get up and bring fur clothes as autumn is here
      A cold wind is blowing from the Khwarazm yonder
    Synonym: پاییز (pâyiz)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xəzan
  • Gujarati: ખઝાન (khajhān)
  • Kazakh: қазан (qazan)
  • Uzbek: xazon
  • Urdu: خزاں (xizā̃)

References

  • Gharib, B. (1995) “γzʾnh”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 182a
  • Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 7