کرشن
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کرشن / कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /k.ˈɾiʃn/
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | krišn |
Proper noun
کرِشن • (krešn)
- (obsolete) Krishna (Hindu god)
- Synonym: (modern) کریشنا (kerišnâ)
- 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
- سری کرشن ز جام حسن خود مست، صبا آسا به سوی بن روان شد.
- sri krešn ze jâm-e hosn-e xod mast, sabâ-âsâ be suy-e ban ravân šod.
- Sri Krishna, intoxicated by the cup of his own beauty, like a breeze began moving towards Ban.
Urdu
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کنھیا (kanhaiyā, inherited) and کشن (kiśan, semi-learned borrowing).
Proper noun
کرشن • (kirśn) m (Hindi spelling कृष्ण)
- (Hinduism) Krishna
- a male given name, Krishna, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage