عدسی

Persian

Etymology

From (adas, “lentil”) +‎ (-i).

"Lens": semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.da.ˈsiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.síː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.síː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.sí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪æ.síː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.sí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	adasī
Dari reading^?	adasī
Iranian reading^?	adasi
Tajik reading^?	adasi

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

عدسی • (adasi)

lens
Synonym: لنز (lenz)
lentil soup
Synonym: نسکبا (nask-bâ)

Adjective

عدسی • (adasi)

lentil-like; resembling a lentil

Further reading

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