استغنا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِغْنَاء (istiḡnāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā, “to be rich; to do without”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiɣ.ˈnɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪɣ.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiɣ.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeɢ.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiʁ.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	istiğnā
Dari reading?	istiğnā
Iranian reading?	esteğnâ
Tajik reading?	istiġno

Noun

اِستِغنا • (esteğnâ)

1. disregard for the help of others; independence, ability to be independent
   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است
     با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش است

     bā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiğnā xwaš ast
     bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš ast

     To disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting;
     To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• استغنا کردن (esteğnâ kardan)