آیدین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آیدن (aydın)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *aydïŋ (“light”); cognate with Azerbaijani aydın, Kazakh айдың (aidyñ), Turkmen aýdyň and Tuvan айдың (aydıñ). As a city, named in honor of Aydin Mehmet Bey upon his dynasty's conquest of Güzelhisar.

Noun

آیدین • (aydın)

  1. light, a visible electromagnetic radiation
    Synonyms: ایشق (ışık), نور (nur)
  2. (by extension) light, a source of illumination
    Synonyms: ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac), نور (nur)
  3. clarity, brightness, the state of being clear or bright

Adjective

آیدین • (aydın)

  1. luminous, shining, radiant, emitting light
  2. illuminated, lit, irradiated by light
  3. bright, sparkling, lustrous, glistening

Derived terms

  • آیدینسز (aydınsız, “without light”)
  • آیدینلق (aydınlık, “light”)
  • آیدینلندرمق (aydınlandırmak, “to make shine brightly”)
  • آیدینلنمق (aydınlanmak, “to become luminous”)
  • آیدینلو (aydınlı, “luminous”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: aydın

Proper noun

آیدین • (Aydın)

  1. Aydin, a male given name
  2. Aydin (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • آیدن (âyden)

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani Aydın.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āydīn
Dari reading? āydīn
Iranian reading? âydin
Tajik reading? oydin

Proper noun

آیدین • (âydin)

  1. a male given name, Aydin, from Azerbaijani
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.