طنز

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tanz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰänz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰänz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰänz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰænz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰänz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tanz
Dari reading^?	tanz
Iranian reading^?	tanz
Tajik reading^?	tanz

Noun

طنز • (tanz)

satire (genre)
Synonyms: هجو (hajv), طعنه (ta'ne)
ridicule, bantering

Usage notes

Only (hajv) was used for satire until the twentieth century.

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طنز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “طنز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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