افسانه
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See also: افسانہ
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- فسانه (fesane)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian افسانه (afsâne, “tale, story, fable”).
Noun
[edit]افسانه • (efsane)
- tale, legend, myth, fable, any fictitious narrative told to excite wonder
- (figuratively) absurd and irrational story and idle talk, fiddle-faddle, fairy tale
Derived terms
[edit]- افسانه و افسون (efsane vu efsun, “idle talk”)
- افسانه گو (efsane gu, “storyteller”)
- افسانهجو (efsanecu, “simpleton”)
- افسانهپرداز (efsaneperdaz, “story writer”)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: efsane
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “efsane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1370
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “efsane”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 245
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “افسانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 119
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Fabula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 538
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “افسانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 319
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “efsane”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افسانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 157
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ʾfsʾnk /afsānag/, “fable”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaf.sɑː.ˈna]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæf.sɒː.né]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäf.sɔ.nǽ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | afsāna |
Dari reading? | afsāna |
Iranian reading? | afsâne |
Tajik reading? | afsona |
Noun
[edit]Dari | افسانه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | афсона |
اَفْسانِه • (afsâne) (plural افسانهها (afsâne-hâ))
- tale, story, fable, legend, myth
- هزار افسانه ― hezâr afsâne ― a thousand tales
- c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:
- مادر شت زرتشت به رمز و اشارات است از آنکه نزد عوام افسانه که در دور از عقل باشد شکوهمند است.
- mâdar-e šat zartošt be ramz va ešârât ast az ân-ke nazd-e 'avâm afsâne ke dar dur az 'aql bâšad šokuhmand ast.
- The essential ideas of the honorable Zoroaster are in riddles and allegories, since fables, though they may be removed from reason, seem splendid to the common folk.
Inflection
[edit]Basic forms of افسانه (afsâne) | ||
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singular | plural | |
bare | افسانه (afsâné) |
افسانهها (afsâne-hấ) افسانها △ (afsâneấ) |
definitive direct object | افسانه را (afsâné râ) افسانه رو △ (afsâná ro) |
افسانهها را (afsâne-hấ râ) افسانها رو △ (afsâneấ ro) |
ezâfe | افسانهٔ (afsâné-ye) |
افسانههای (afsâne-hấ-ye) افسانهای △ (afsâneấ-ye) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
افسانهای (afsâné-i) |
افسانههایی (afsâne-hấ-yi) افسانهایی △ (afsâneấ-yi) |
△ Colloquial. |
Possessive forms of افسانه (afsâne) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person singular (“my”) |
افسانهام (afsâné-am) افسانم △ (afsânám) |
افسانههایم (afsâne-hấyam) افسانههام △ (afsâneấm) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
افسانهات (afsâné-at) افسانت △ (afsânát) |
افسانههایت (afsâne-hấyat) افسانههات △ (afsâneất) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
افسانهاش (afsâné-aš) افسانش △ (afsânáš) |
افسانههایش (afsâne-hấyaš) افسانههاش △ (afsâneấš) |
1st plural (“our”) |
افسانهمان (afsâné-(y)emân) افسانهمون، افسانمون △ (afsânámun) |
افسانههایمان (afsâne-hấyemân) افسانههامون △ (afsâneấmun) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
افسانهتان (afsâné-(y)etân) افسانهتون، افسانتون △ (afsânátun) |
افسانههایتان (afsâne-hấyetân) افسانههاتون △ (afsâneấtun) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
افسانهشان (afsâné-(y)ešân) افسانهشون، افسانشون △ (afsânášun) |
افسانههایشان (afsâne-hấyešân) افسانههاشون △ (afsâneấšun) |
△ Colloquial. |
Derived terms
[edit]- افسانهای (afsâne-i)
- افسانهجو (afsâne-ju)
- افسانهپرداز (afsâne-pardâz)
- افسانهگو (afsâne-gu)
- افسانهگویی (afsâne-guyi)
- افسانوی (afsânevi)
Descendants
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]افسانه • (afsâne)
- a female given name, Afsaneh
References
[edit]- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾfsʾng”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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