آیینه

See also: آئینه and آئینہ

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آیینه.

Noun

آیینه • (āyine) (definite accusative آیینیی (āyineyi), plural آیینه‌لر (āyineler))

  1. (literary) mirror, looking-glass, a smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it
    Synonym: كوزكو (gözgü)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ayna
  • Gagauz: ayna
  • Ottoman Turkish: آینه (ayna), آیینه (ayina)

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Middle Persian ʾdwynk' (ēwēnag, mirror), from Old Iranian *ādainakah, from Proto-Iranian *daiH- (to look, see).

Related to دیدن (didan, to see, look), Baluchi آدینک (adí̃k), Lurish ۏیینںە (öyinə), Ossetian айдӕн (ajdæn, mirror).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āyīna
Dari reading? āyīna
Iranian reading? âyine
Tajik reading? oyina

Noun

آیینه • (āyīna / âyine) (Tajik spelling оина)

  1. mirror
    Synonyms: آبگینه (âbgine), مرآت (mer-ât)

Descendants