ئاسان

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • ھاسان (hasan)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaːsaːn/

Adjective
Northern Kurdish asan

ئاسان (asan)

  1. easy

Derived terms
  • ئاسانی (asanî)

Uyghur

Etymology

From Common Turkic *esen,[1] claimed to be from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/) by Doerfer,[2] but this is disputed by Clauson.[1] Cognates with Turkish esen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɑsɑn/

Adjective

ئاسان • (asan)

  1. easy

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248
  2. Doerfer, Gerhard (1963–1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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