استغنا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِغْنَاء (istiḡnāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiɣ.nɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiɣ.nɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeɢ.nɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiʁ.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	istiğnā
Dari reading^?	istiğnā
Iranian reading^?	esteğnâ
Tajik reading^?	istiġno

Noun

اِستِغنا • (esteğnâ)

disregard for the help of others; independence, ability to be independent
- c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
  با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است
  با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش است
  bā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiğnā xwaš ast
  bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš ast
  To disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting;
  To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

استغنا کردن (esteğnâ kardan)

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