آگاهی

Persian

Alternative forms

آگهی (âgahi)

Etymology

From (âgâh) +‎ (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ɡaː.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɡɑː.ɦíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɡɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɡɔː.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɡɒː.ɦíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɡɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āgāhī
Dari reading^?	āgāhī
Iranian reading^?	âgâhi
Tajik reading^?	ogohi

Noun

آگاهی • (âgâhi)

knowledge, awareness, information
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Manūchihr”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  پس آگاهی آمد سوی شهریار
  که آمد ز ره زال سام سوار
  pas āgāhī āmad sōy-i šahryār
  ki āmad zi rah zāl-i sām-i sawār
  Then the news came to the king
  That Zāl, son of Sām the cavalier, had come from the road.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Descendants

→ Central Kurdish: ئاگاهی (agahî)
→ Gujarati: આગાહી (āgāhī)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आगाही (āgāhī)

Urdu: آگَاہِی (āgāhī)
→ Northern Kurdish: agahî
→ Pashto: آګاهي (āgāhi)