آسان
Baluchi
Adjective
آسان • (ásán)
Kalami
Etymology
Probably from Hindustani آسَانْ (āsān) / आसान (āsān).
Adjective
آسان (āsān) m
Khalaj
Adjective
آسان (âsân)
Persian
Alternative forms
- آسون (âsun) (colloquial Tehrani)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /āsān/). Compare Northern Kurdish hêsan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈsaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.súːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.sɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āsān |
| Dari reading? | āsān |
| Iranian reading? | âsân |
| Tajik reading? | oson |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Adjective
آسان • (āsān / âsân) (comparative آسان‌تَر, superlative آسان‌تَرین, Tajik spelling осон)
- easy
- Synonyms: ساده (sāda / sâde), راحت (rāhat / râhat), خوار (xwār / xâr), سهل (sahl)
- Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (dušwār / došvâr)
- آیا فکر می‌کنید که کردی از فارسی آسان‌تر است؟ (formal Iranian)
- âyâ fekr mi-konid ke kordi az fârsi âsân-tar ast?
- Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?
- فک می‌کنین که کردی از فارسی آسون‌تره؟ (colloquial Iranian)
- fek mi-konin ke kordi az fârsi âsun-tar-e?
- Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2947:
- راههای صعب پایان برده‌ایم، ره بر اهل خویش آسان کرده‌ایم
- râh-hâ-ye sa'b pâyân borde-'im, rah bar ahl-e xiš âsân karde-'im.
- We have brought the hard ways to an end; we have made the way easy for our own people.
- late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “الا یا ایها الساقی (Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:
- الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کأسا و ناولها، که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکل‌ها
- alâ yâ 'ayyoha-s-sâqi ader ka'san va nâvelhâ, ke 'ešq âsân nemûd avval vali 'oftâd moškelhâ
- ʼalā yā ʼayyuha-s-sāqī ʼadir kaʼsan wa-nāwilhā [Arabic: "Come, o wine-pourer! Circulate a cup and pass it"], since love seemed easy at first, but soon difficulties occurred.
- c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:
- دست از جان شستن آسان است در شب‌های هجر، می‌توان چون شمع خون خود به رنگ آب ریخت.
- dast az jân šostan âsân ast dar šab-hâ-ye hejr, mi-tavân čun šam' xun-e xod be rang-e âb rixt.
- Washing hands of life is easy in the nights of separation. Like the candle one can shed one's blood soundlessly.
Derived terms
(verbs)
- آسان شدن (âsân šodan, “to be eased”)
- آسان کردن (âsân kardan, “to facilitate”)
- آسان گرفتن (âsân gereftan, “to consider as easy”)
(others)
- آسان کار (âsân-kâr, “skillful”)
- آسان گذار (âsân-gozâr, “easy-going”)
- آسان گشا (âsân-gošâ, “easy to solve”)
- آسان گیر (âsân-gir, “acquirable, accessible”)
- آسانی (âsâni, “ease, convenience”)
Descendants
- → Ahirani: आसान (āsān)
- → Azerbaijani: asan
- → Bengali: আসান (aśan)
- → Dogri: (āsān)
- Devanagari script: आसान
- Dogra script: 𑠁𑠩𑠬𑠝
- → Gojri: اسان (asān)
- → Gujarati: આસાન (āsān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Khalaj: âsân
- → Maithili: āsān
- Devanagari script: आसान
- Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒮𑒰𑒢
- → Malvi: आसान (āsān)
- → Marathi: आसान (āsān)
- → Marwari:
- Devanagari script: आसान
- Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅰𑅧 (asn)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آسان (asan)
- Turkish: asan
- → Punjabi: asān
- → Salar: asan
- → Sindhi: āsān
- → Uyghur: ئاسان (asan)
- → Uzbek: oson
- → Varhadi: आसान (āsān)
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آسان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آسان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.sɑːn/
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.sɑːn/
- Hyphenation: آ‧سَا‧نْ
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Adjective
آسان • (āsān) (Hindi spelling आसान)
Derived terms
- آسَانِی (āsānī)
Descendants
- → Kalami: آسان (āsān)
Further reading
- “آسان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “āsān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 47
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آسان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 10
- “آسان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.