زناشویی
Persian
Etymology
From زن (zan, “woman, wife”) + ـا (-ā / -â) + شوی (šūy / šuy, “husband”) + ـی (-ī / -i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /za.naː.ʃuː.ˈjiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zä.nɑː.ʃuː.jíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæ.nɒː.ʃuː.jíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zä.nɔ.ʃu.jí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zanāšūyī |
| Dari reading? | zanāšūyī |
| Iranian reading? | zanâšuyi |
| Tajik reading? | zanošuyi |
Noun
زناشویی • (zanāšūyī / zanâšuyi)
- sexual intercourse; short for رابطهٔ زناشویی (rābita-yi zanāšūyī / râbete-ye zanâšuyi, “sexual intercourse”)
- قبل از برقراری اولین رابطه زناشویی
- qabl az barqarâri-ye avvalin râbete-ye zanâšuyi
- before having intercourse for the first time
- matrimony, marriage
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زناشویی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim