آشنایی

Persian

Alternative forms

آشنائی (āšnā'ī / âšnâ'i, āšinā'ī / âšenâ'i)

Etymology

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Persian (āšnā / âšnâ, āšinā / âšenâ)

Persian (-yī / -yi)

Persian

From (āšnā / âšnâ, āšinā / âšenâ) + (-yī / -yi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaːʃ.naː.ˈjiː/, /ʔaː.ʃi.naː.ˈjiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːʃ.nɔː.ji], [ʔɔː.ʃi.nɔː.ji]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːʃ.nɒː.jiː], [ʔɒː.ʃe.nɒː.jiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔʃ.nɔ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Dari reading^?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Iranian reading^?	âšnâyi, âšenâyi
Tajik reading^?	ošnoyi

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

آشنایی • (āšnāyī, āšināyī / âšnâyi, âšenâyi) (Tajik spelling ошноӣ)

acquaintance, friendship
initiation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3494:
  رفت فکر و روشنایی یافتند
  نحر و بحر آشنایی یافتند
  raft fikr u rowšnayi yâftand
  nahr u bahr-i-âšnâyi yaftand
  Thought is gone, and they have gained light:
  they have gained the throat (core and essence) and the sea (ultimate source) of gnosis.
recognition

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਆਸ਼ਨਾਈ (āśanāī)

Shahmukhi script: آشنائى (āśnāī)

References

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