خاطرنشان

Persian

Etymology

(xâter, “mind”) +‎ (nešân, present stem of (nešândan, “to settle, to fix”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.tiɾ.ni.ˈʃaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪɾ.nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪɾ.nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.t̪ʰiɾ.ni.ʃɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.t̪ʰeɹ.ne.ʃɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.t̪ʰiɾ.ni.ʃɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xātirnišān
Dari reading^?	xātirnišān
Iranian reading^?	xâternešân
Tajik reading^?	xotirnišon

Adjective

خاطرنشان • (xâternešân)

fixed in the mind or memory
- c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “Ghazal 370”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]‎^[1]:
  سخن باشد بسی کز غیر باید داشت پوشیده
  نمی‌دانم که شد حرف منت خاطرنشان یا نه
  suxan bāšad basē k-az ġayr bāyad dāšt pōšīda
  na-mē-dānam ki šud harf-i man-at xātirnišān yā na
  So many things to say to keep veiled from other people,
  But I do not know if you remember my words or not.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

خاطرنشان کردن (xâternešân kardan, “to remind”)