عیان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَان (ʕiyān).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? iyān
Dari reading? iyān
Iranian reading? iyân
Tajik reading? iyon

Adjective

عیان • (eyân)

  1. obvious, clear
    Synonyms: آشکار (âškâr), واضح (vâzeh), بدیهی (badihi)
    چیزی که عیان است چه حاجت به بیان است!
    čizi ke eyân ast če hâjat be bayân ast!
    What need is there to explain something which is obvious?
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 214:
      غم دل تا بکی زان سرو سیمین تن نهان سازم
      همان بهتر که حال خویشتن با او عیان سازم
      ġam-i dil tā ba-kay z-ān sarw-i sīmīn tan nihān sāzam
      ham-ān bihtar ki hāl-i xwēštan bā ō iyān sāzam
      Until when shall I keep my heart's sorrow hidden from that silver-bodied cypress?
      It is better for me to make my state clear to her!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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