اعمی

See also: اعمي, أعمي, and أعمى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Adjective

اعمی • (ama)

blind
(figurative) ignorant

Noun

اعمی • (ama)

blind person

Descendants

Turkish: âmâ

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “âmâ”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 227
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعمی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 145

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ.ˈmaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʔ.mɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	a'mā
Dari reading^?	a'mā
Iranian reading^?	a'mâ
Tajik reading^?	a'mo

Adjective

اعمی • (a'mâ)

blind
Synonyms: کور (kur), نابینا (nâbinâ)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 88:
  کس نبیند بجز از چشم سلیمی رویت
  باد از دیدن دیدار تو اعمی لاله
  kas na-bēnad ba-juz az čašm-i salīmī rōyat
  bād az dīdan-i dīdār-i tō a'mā lāla
  Nobody shall see your face, save for Selim's eyes;
  May the tulip go blind from the sight of your visage!
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(figurative) ignorant

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اعمی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim