مسلمانی

Persian

Etymology

(mosalmân, “Muslim”) +‎ (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.sal.maː.ˈniː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säl.mɑː.níː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säl.mɑː.níː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säl.mɔː.ní]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sæl.mɒː.níː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.säl.mɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading^?	musalmānī
Dari reading^?	musalmānī
Iranian reading^?	mosalmâni
Tajik reading^?	musalmoni

Noun

مسلمانی • (mosalmâni)

Islam
Synonym: اسلام (eslâm)
- 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 115:
  من غم روزه خورم و مغبچه‌ها باده ناب
  سوختم آه درین شهر مسلمانی هست
  man ġam-i rōza xwaram u muġbačča-hā bāda-yi nāb
  sūxtam āh dar īn šahr musalmānī hast
  I suffer the sorrow of fasting, and the Magian children drink pure wine;
  I burn in anguish! Alas that there is Islam in this town!
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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