تشنه
See also: تشنہ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tyšnk' /tišnag/), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”).
Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim), English thirst.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tiʃ.ˈna/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɪʃ.nǽ], [t̪ʰäʃ.nǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰeʃ.né]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tišna |
| Dari reading? | tišna, tašna |
| Iranian reading? | tešne |
| Tajik reading? | tašna |
Adjective
| Dari | تشنه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ташна |
تشنه • (tešne)
- thirsty
- تشنه هستم. (literary) ― tešne hastam. ― I am thirsty.
- تشنمه. (colloquial Iranian) ― tešna-m-e. ― I'm thirsty.
- in drought
- (figurative) eager, desiring
- تشنه آزادی ― tešne-ye âzâdi ― thirsty for freedom
Usage notes
- In colloquial Iranian, "to be thirsty" is expressed with an enclitic pronoun attached to تشنه, then followed by ـه (-e, “is”), as in the usage example above.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: təşnə
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: تشنه (teşne)
- → Turkish: teşne