یاسمین
See also: ياسمين
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- یاسمن (yasemen), یاسمون (yasemun), یاسم (yasem), եասէմի (yasemi)
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Borrowed from Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn).
Noun
یاسمین • (yasemin)
Descendants
- Turkish: yasemin, (dialectal) yesmin
- → Albanian: jasemin
- → Armenian: եասէմի (easēmi)
- → Aromanian: easamin
- → Bulgarian: ясмин (jasmin)
- → Greek: γιασεμί (giasemí)
- → Ladino: yasemin
- → Macedonian: јасмин (jasmin)
- → Serbo-Croatian: jàsmīn / ја̀смӣн
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yasemin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5235b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاسم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2186a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاسم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1339a
- Seydi, Ali (1912) “ياٰسَمْ”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی [resimli kamus-ı ʼosmani][3] (in Ottoman Turkish), page 1107ab
Persian
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Middle Persian yʾsmn'
Persian یاسمین
Variant of یاسمن (yâsaman, “jasmine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /jaː.sa.ˈmiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jɑː.sä.miːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jɒːs.miːn], [jɒː.sæ.miːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jɔ.sä.min]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yāsamīn |
| Dari reading? | yāsamīn |
| Iranian reading? | yâsmin, yâsamin |
| Tajik reading? | yosamin |
Proper noun
| Dari | یاسَمِین |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | یاسْمین |
| Tajik | Ёсамин |
یاسمین • (yâsmin or yāsamīn)
- a female given name, Yasameen, Yasmeen, or Yasmin, from Persian, equivalent to English Jasmine
Noun
یاسمین • (yâsmin or yāsamīn)
- alternative form of یاسمن (yâsaman, “jasmine”)
Urdu
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Borrowed from Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jɑː.sə.miːn/
- (common) IPA(key): [jɑːs.miːn]
- Rhymes: -iːn
- Hyphenation: یاس‧مِین
Proper noun
یاسْمِین • (yāsmīn) f (Hindi spelling यासमीन)
- a female given name, Yasameen or Yasmeen, from Persian, equivalent to English Jasmine
Noun
یاسَمِین or یاسْمِین • (yāsamīn or yasmīn) f (Hindi spelling यासमीन or -)
- synonym of چَن٘بیلی (cambelī, “jasmine”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | یاسْمِین (yasmīn) | یاسْمِینیں (yasmīnẽ) |
| oblique | یاسْمِین (yasmīn) | یاسْمِینوں (yasmīnõ) |
| vocative | یاسْمِین (yasmīn) | یاسْمِینو (yasmīno) |
Derived terms
- یاسمین بو (yasmīn bū, “jasminelike (scent)”)
- یاسمینی (yasamīnī, “jasminelike”)
Further reading
- “یاسمین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “یاسمین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ياسمين”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.