گشنه

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwšnk' /⁠gušnag⁠/, “hungry”), from Proto-Iranian *warš- (“to be hungry”), an Iranian-specific coinage modeled after Proto-Iranian *tarš- (“to be thirsty”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry, thirsty”).[1]

Pronunciation

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    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊʃ.nǽ]

Readings
Dari reading? gušna
Iranian reading? gošne

Adjective

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گشنه • (gošne)

  1. Colloquial form of گرسنه (gorosne).

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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