غزنی
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Through metathesis and apocope (elision of the final sound) of گنزک (ganzak, “treasury”) (also the name of an ancient town in Azerbaijan). See گنج (ganj, “treasure”) and گنجه (ganja / ganje, “Ganja”) (a city in Republic of Azerbaijan) for more. Ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɣaz.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäz.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæz.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäz.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ġaznī |
| Dari reading? | ġaznī |
| Iranian reading? | ġazni |
| Tajik reading? | ġazni |
Proper noun
غزنی • (ġaznī / ġazni) (Tajik spelling Ғазнӣ)
- Ghazni (a city, the capital of the province of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan; the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire)
- Ghazni (a province in eastern Afghanistan)
- ولایت غزنی ― wilāyat-i ġaznī ― the province of Ghazni, Ghazni Province
Derived terms
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “غزنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press