آسمان
Baluchi
Alternative forms
- آزمان (ázmán)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćmā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Akin to Persian آسمان (âsmân), Sanskrit अश्मन् (áśman).
Noun
آسمان • (ásmán)
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان (āsmān)
Descendants
Further reading
- 御製五體清文鑑 / han-i araha sunja hacin hergen kamciha manju gisun-i buleku bithe [Pentaglot Dictionary] (overall work in Manchu, Classical Tibetan, Classical Mongolian, Chagatai, and Mandarin), Beijing, 1794, page 1
- Schluessel, Eric (2018) “آسمان”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources[1], Michigan Publishing, page 108
Kalami
Etymology
Probably from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان (āsmān) m
Khalaj
Noun
آسمان (âsmân, âsimân) (definite accusative آسِمانؽ or آسمانئ, plural آسِمانلار or آسمانلار)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | آسمان | آسمانلار |
| genitive | آسمانؽݧ | آسمانلارؽݧ |
| dative | آسمانقا | آسمانلارقا |
| definite accusative | آسمانؽ | آسمانلارؽ |
| locative | آسمانچا | آسمانلارچا |
| ablative | آسماندا | آسمانلاردا |
| instrumental | آسمانلا | آسمانلارلا |
| equative | آسمانوارا | آسمانلاروارا |
Khowar
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان (asmán)
References
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “آسمان”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio[2], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 19 January 2023.
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان • (āsmān, āsümān, āsimān)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آسمان, from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān)
Noun
آسمان • (asman)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: asuman
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آسمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 114
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “asman”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asuman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسْمَان (āsmān) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | آسْمَان (āsmān) | آسْمَان (āsmān) |
| oblique | آسْمَانَے (āsmānai) | آسْمَاناں (āsmānāṉ) |
| vocative | آسْمَانا (āsmānā) | آسْمَانو (āsmāno) |
| ablative | آسْمَانُوں (āsmānūṉ) | - |
| locative | آسْمَانے (āsmāne) | آسْمَانِیں (āsmānīṉ) |
| instrumental | آسْمَانے (āsmāne) | آسْمَانِیں (āsmānīṉ) |
Persian
Alternative forms
- آسمون (âsemun) (colloquial Tehrani)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭬𐭠𐭭 (ʾsmʾn /āsmān/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎶 (asmānam), from Proto-Iranian *Hácmā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćmā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Cognate with Sanskrit अश्मन् (áśman).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaːs.(i)ˈmaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːs.(ɪ).mɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːs.(e).mɒːn]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [ʔɒːs.(e).muːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔs.(i).mɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ās(i)mān |
| Dari reading? | ās(i)mān |
| Iranian reading? | âs(e)mân |
| Tajik reading? | os(i)mon |
Audio (Iran): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
| Dari | آسمان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | осмон |
آسمان • (âsmân or âsemân) (plural آسمانها (âsmân-hâ, âsemân-hâ))
- sky
- آسمان ابری ― -âsmân-e abri ― cloudy sky
- آسمان آبی ― -âsmân-e âbi ― blue sky
- 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
- به سطح آسمان انبوه اختر نمایان در طبق چون مشت گوهر
- be sath-e âsmân anbuh-e axtar nomâyân dar tabq čon mošt-e gowhar
- On the surface of the sky, a myriad of stars were showing themselves on a plate like a handful of pearls.
- (literary) heaven
- Synonym: بهشت (behešt)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: আসমান (āsman)
- → Chagatai: آسمان
- → Dungan: асмон (asmon) (perhaps via Chagatai)
- → Gujarati: આસમાન (āsamān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kalami: آسمان (āsmān)
- → Kazakh: аспан (aspan) (perhaps via Chagatai)
- → Kermanic: آسمون (ā̊semūn, āsɛmūn)
- → Khalaj: âsmân
- → Kyrgyz: асман (asman) (perhaps via Chagatai)
- → Marathi: अस्मान (asmān)
- → Nepali: अस्मान (asmān)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: آسمان
- → Punjabi:
- → Marwari: असमाण (asmāṇ)
- → Sindhi: آسمان (āsmān)
- → Sivandi: āsemān
- → Turkmen: asman
- → Yagnobi: осмон (osmon)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان • (āsmān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਸਮਾਨ)
Synonyms
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑsmɑnʊ]
Noun
آسمانُ • (āsmānu) m (Devanagari आस्मानु)
Derived terms
- آسمانيِ (āsmānī, “heavenly, azure”)
Urdu
Alternative forms
- آسْمَاں (āsmā̃) — poetic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آسْمَان (āsmān). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi آسمان (āsman /āsmān/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːs.mɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: آس‧مان
Noun
آسْمَان • (āsmān) m (Hindi spelling आसमान)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | آسْمان (āsmān) | آسْمان (āsmān) |
| oblique | آسْمان (āsmān) | آسْمانوں (āsmānõ) |
| vocative | آسْمان (āsmān) | آسْمانو (āsmāno) |
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “آسمان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “آسمان”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Ushojo
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu آسْمَان (āsmān).
Noun
آسمان (āsmān)