قانع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَانِع (qāniʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.ˈniʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nɪ́ʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nɪ́]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.ní]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.néʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.néʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qāni'
Dari reading^?	qāne'
Iranian reading^?	ġâne'
Tajik reading^?	qone'

Adjective

قانع • (qâne')

convincing, persuasive
content, satisfied
- 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 119:
  شادمانیهای اهل عشق در ملک وفا
  دل نهادن بر غم و قانع بهجران بودنست
  šādimānīhā-yi ahl-i išq dar mulk-i wafā
  dil nihādan bar ġam u qāni' ba-hajrān būdan ast
  The joy of the people of love in the realm of fidelity
  Lies in placing their heart in pain, and being content with separation.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

قانع کردن (qâne' kardan)
قانع کردن (qâne' šodan)

Further reading

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