استغنا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِغْنَاء (istiḡnāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā, “to be rich; to do without”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔis.tiɣˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣnɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiɣ.nɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeɢnɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiʁnɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	istiġnā
Dari reading^?	istiġnā
Iranian reading^?	esteġnâ
Tajik reading^?	istiġno

Noun

اِستِغنا • (esteġnâ)

disregard for the help of others; independence, ability to be independent
- c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:
  با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است
  با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش است
  bā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiġnā xwaš ast
  bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš ast
  To disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting;
  To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

استغنا کردن (esteġnâ kardan)