پهنا
Persian
Etymology
From پهن (pahn, “wide, broad”) + ـا (-â, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /pah.ˈnaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.nɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰæɦ.nɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.nɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pahnā |
| Dari reading? | pahnā |
| Iranian reading? | pahnâ |
| Tajik reading? | pahno |
Noun
| Dari | پهنا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | паҳно |
پهنا • (pahnâ)
- width, breadth, expanse
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3093:
- تا که سازد جان پاک از سر قدم / سوی عرصهی دور پهنای عدم
- tâ ki sâzad jân-i-pâk az sar qadam / sûy 'arsa-i-dûr pahnâ-i-'adam
- That the pure soul may make of its head a foot (fly headlong) towards the far stretching expanse of non-existence