دانایی

Persian

Alternative forms

دانائى (dânâ'i)

Etymology

Compound of (dânâ, “wise”) +‎ (-yi, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daː.naː.ˈjiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɑː.jiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɑː.jiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.nɔː.ji]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.nɒː.jiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.nɔ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dānāyī
Dari reading^?	dānāyī
Iranian reading^?	dânâyi
Tajik reading^?	donoyi

Noun

دانایی • (dânâyi)

wisdom
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1422:
  بلکه خود از آدمی در گاو و خر
  میرود دانایی و علم و هنر
  balka xwad az ādamī dar gav u xar
  mē-rawad dānāyī u 'ilm u hunar
  Nay, indeed, wisdom and knowledge and excellence
  pass from Man into the ox and the ass.
knowledge, learning

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دانایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دانائى”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul