تشنگی

Persian

Etymology

From (tešne) +‎ (-gi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taʃ.na.ˈɡiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeʃ.næ.ɡʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʃ.nä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tašnagī
Dari reading^?	tašnagī
Iranian reading^?	tešnagi
Tajik reading^?	tašnagi

Noun


Iranian Persian	تشنگی
Dari	تشنگی
Tajik	ташнагӣ

تشنگی • (tešnegi)

thirst
(figurative) craving, thirst (for)
- 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 100:
  هر دم از تشنگی وصل مزن تیغ جفا
  که دگر آرزوی آب زلالست مرا
  har dam az tašnagī-yi wasl mazan tēġ-i jafā
  ki digar ārzū-yi āb-i zulāl ast ma-rā
  Do not strike iniquity's blade at each moment because of my thirst for reunion [with you],
  For I also have a desire for limpid water.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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