خزان

See also: حزان and خزاں

Arabic

Root
خ ز ن (ḵ z n)
7 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaz.zaːn/

Noun

خَزَّان • (ḵazzānm (plural خَزَازِين (ḵazāzīn) or خَزَّانَات (ḵazzānāt))

  1. dam
  2. reservoir
  3. tank

Declension

Declension of noun خَزَّان (ḵazzān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَزَّان
ḵazzān
الْخَزَّان
al-ḵazzān
خَزَّان
ḵazzān
nominative خَزَّانٌ
ḵazzānun
الْخَزَّانُ
al-ḵazzānu
خَزَّانُ
ḵazzānu
accusative خَزَّانًا
ḵazzānan
الْخَزَّانَ
al-ḵazzāna
خَزَّانَ
ḵazzāna
genitive خَزَّانٍ
ḵazzānin
الْخَزَّانِ
al-ḵazzāni
خَزَّانِ
ḵazzāni
dual indefinite definite construct
informal خَزَّانَيْن
ḵazzānayn
الْخَزَّانَيْن
al-ḵazzānayn
خَزَّانَيْ
ḵazzānay
nominative خَزَّانَانِ
ḵazzānāni
الْخَزَّانَانِ
al-ḵazzānāni
خَزَّانَا
ḵazzānā
accusative خَزَّانَيْنِ
ḵazzānayni
الْخَزَّانَيْنِ
al-ḵazzānayni
خَزَّانَيْ
ḵazzānay
genitive خَزَّانَيْنِ
ḵazzānayni
الْخَزَّانَيْنِ
al-ḵazzānayni
خَزَّانَيْ
ḵazzānay
plural basic broken plural diptote‎;
sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal خَزَازِين‎; خَزَّانَات
ḵazāzīn‎; ḵazzānāt
الْخَزَازِين‎; الْخَزَّانَات
al-ḵazāzīn‎; al-ḵazzānāt
خَزَازِين‎; خَزَّانَات
ḵazāzīn‎; ḵazzānāt
nominative خَزَازِينُ‎; خَزَّانَاتٌ
ḵazāzīnu‎; ḵazzānātun
الْخَزَازِينُ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتُ
al-ḵazāzīnu‎; al-ḵazzānātu
خَزَازِينُ‎; خَزَّانَاتُ
ḵazāzīnu‎; ḵazzānātu
accusative خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتٍ
ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānātin
الْخَزَازِينَ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتِ
al-ḵazāzīna‎; al-ḵazzānāti
خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتِ
ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānāti
genitive خَزَازِينَ‎; خَزَّانَاتٍ
ḵazāzīna‎; ḵazzānātin
الْخَزَازِينِ‎; الْخَزَّانَاتِ
al-ḵazāzīni‎; al-ḵazzānāti
خَزَازِينِ‎; خَزَّانَاتِ
ḵazāzīni‎; ḵazzānāti

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Bactrian. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (γzʾnh /⁠xazān⁠/), also probably a Bactrian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xazān
Dari reading? xazān
Iranian reading? xazân
Tajik reading? xazon

Noun

Dari خزان
Iranian Persian
Tajik хазон

خزان • (xazân)

  1. (literary, poetic) autumn
    • 11th century, Manuchehri
      خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
      باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است
      xêzêd u xaz ârêd ki hangâm-i xazân ast
      bâd-i xunuk az jânib-i xwârazm vazân ast
      Get up and bring fur clothes as autumn is here
      A cold wind is blowing from the Khwarazm yonder
    Synonym: پاییز (pâyiz)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xəzan
  • Gujarati: ખઝાન (khajhān)
  • Kazakh: қазан (qazan)
  • Uzbek: xazon
  • Urdu: خزاں (xizā̃)

References

  • Gharib, B. (1995) “γzʾnh”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 182a
  • Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 7