لوخن

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *luxšáh, Proto-Indo-Iranian *lukšás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”), derived from the root *lewk- (“bright, to shine, to see”).

Cognates include Old Armenian լուսին (lusin, “moon”), Proto-Slavic *luna and Old Latin losna.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /loː.ˈxan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [loː.xǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [loː.xǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lʊː.xǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.xǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɵ.χǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lōxan
Dari reading^?	lōxan
Iranian reading^?	luxan
Tajik reading^?	lüxan

Noun

لوخن • (luxan) (plural لوخن‌ها, or لوخنان)

(literary, obsolete) moon, moonlight
Synonyms: ماه (mâh), مهتاب (mahtâb)
- c. 1200, Mowlavi, Spiritual Couplets:
  چندانکه خواهی جنگ کن یا گرم کن تهدیدها
  میدان که دور لوخن است بهر چه مینالی ایا؟
  čandânki xwâhî jang kun yâ garm kun tahdid-hâ
  maydân ki dowr-î luxan ast, bahr-î če menâlî ayâ?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لوخن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul