اعمی

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See also: اعمي, أعمي, and أعمى

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Adjective

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اعمی (ama)

  1. blind
  2. (figurative) ignorant

Noun

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اعمی (ama)

  1. blind person

Descendants

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  • Turkish: âmâ

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? a'mā
Dari reading? a'mā
Iranian reading? a'mâ
Tajik reading? aʾmo

Adjective

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اعمی (a'mâ)

  1. blind
    Synonyms: کور (kur), نابینا (nâbinâ)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 88:
      کس نبیند بجز از چشم سلیمی رویت
      باد از دیدن دیدار تو اعمی لاله
      kas na-bēnad ba-juz az čašm-i salīmī rōyat
      bād az dīdan-i dīdār-i tō a'mā lāla
      Nobody shall see your face, save for Selim's eyes;
      May the tulip go blind from the sight of your visage!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (figurative) ignorant

Further reading

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