فرزانگی

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (plcʾnkyh /⁠frazānagīh⁠/, “wisdom, intelligence”). Equivalent to (farzâne) +‎ (-gi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾ.zaː.na.ˈɡiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zɑː.nä.ɡíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zɑː.nä.ɡíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zɔː.nä.ɡí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.zɒː.ne.ɡʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zɔ.nä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farzāna-gī
Dari reading^?	farzāna-gī
Iranian reading^?	farzâne-gi
Tajik reading^?	farzona-gi

Noun

فرزانگی • (farzânegi)

wisdom
Synonyms: خرد (xerad), حکمت (hekmat), دانایی (dânâyi), فضیلت (fazliyyat)
- 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 127:
  نکته عشق ار کنم ظاهر نه از دیوانگیست
  راست گفتن راز با همدرد خود فرزانگیست
  nukta-yi išq ar kunam zāhir na az dēwānagī-st
  rāst guftan-i rāz bā hamdard-i xwad farzānagī-st
  It is not from madness if I reveal the points of love;
  It is wisdom to tell secrets to one who shares my sorrows.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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