کهن
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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian khwbn' (kahwan, “old”).
Adjective
کهن • (kohan) (comparative کهنتَر (kohan-tar), superlative کهنتَرین (kohan-tarin))
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: كهن (köhn, kühün, kühin, “old, ancient”)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kahwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “کهن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4105