بیرونی
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian. By surface analysis, بیرون (bērūn / birun) + ـی (-ī / -i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /beː.ɾuː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː.ɹuː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [be.ɾu.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bērūnī |
| Dari reading? | bērūnī |
| Iranian reading? | biruni |
| Tajik reading? | beruni |
Adjective
بیرونی • (bērūnī / biruni) (Tajik spelling берунӣ)
- outer, external
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3698:
- نار بیرونی به آبی بفسرد
نار شهوت تا به دوزخ میبرد- nār-i bērūnī ba ābī bifsurad
nār-i šahwat tā ba dōzax mē-burad - The external fire may be quenched by some water,
(but) the fire of lust is bringing to Hell.
- nār-i bērūnī ba ābī bifsurad
Proper noun
بیرونی • (bērūnī / biruni) (Tajik spelling Берунӣ)