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Persian
Etymology
Seemingly inherited from Middle Persian (gwlsk /gursag/, “hungry”), but the correspondence is irregular.[1] Apparently influenced by (and probably from the same origin as) the synonym Middle Persian (gwšnk' /gušnag/, “hungry”), which is the source for the regular modern colloquial word گشنه (gošne, “hungry”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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gurusna
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| Dari reading?
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gurisna
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| Iranian reading?
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gorosne
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| Tajik reading?
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gurusna
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Adjective
| Dari
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گرسنه
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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гурусна
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گُرُسنه • (gorosne) (comparative گُرُسنهتَر (gorosne-tar), superlative گُرُسنهتَرین (gorosne-tarin))
- (literary) hungry
- گرسنه هستم. (literary) ― gorosne hastam. ― I am hungry.
- گشنمه. (colloquial Iranian) ― gošna-m-e. ― I'm hungry.
Usage notes
- گشنه (gošne), which is actually from a different Middle Persian word, is used colloquially in both Iran and Afghanistan. However, گشنه (gošne) is usually considered the colloquial form of گرسنه (gorosne) rather than a different word.
Derived terms
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gursag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press