آشنایی

Persian

Etymology

(âš(e)nâ) +‎ (-yi).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃi.nɑː.jiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːʃ.nɔː.ji], [ʔɔː.ʃi.nɔː.ji]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːʃ.nɒː.jiː], [ʔɒː.ʃe.nɒː.jiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔʃ.nɔ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Dari reading^?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Iranian reading^?	âšnâyi, âšenâyi
Tajik reading^?	ošnoyi

Noun


Iranian Persian	آشنایی
Dari	آشنایی
Tajik	ошноӣ

آشنایی • (âšnâyi or âšenâyi)

acquaintance, friendship
initiation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3494:
  رفت فکر و روشنایی یافتند
  نحر و بحر آشنایی یافتند
  raft fikr u rowšnayi yâftand
  nahr u bahr-i-âšnâyi yaftand
  Thought is gone, and they have gained light:
  they have gained the throat (core and essence) and the sea (ultimate source) of gnosis.
recognition

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آشنایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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