افسانه
Appearance
See also: افسانہ
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]فسانه (fesâne)
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]singular | plural | |
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bare | افسانه (afsâné) | افسانهها، افسانها△ (afsâne-hấ, afsâneấ△) |
definitive direct object | افسانه را، افسانه رو△ (afsâné râ, afsâná ro△) | افسانهها را، افسانها رو△ (afsâne-hấ râ, afsâneấ ro△) |
ezâfe | افسانهٔ (afsâné-ye) | افسانههای، افسانهای△ (afsâne-hấ-ye, afsâneấ-ye△) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
افسانهای (afsâné-i) | افسانههایی، افسانهایی△ (afsâne-hấ-yi, afsâneấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
singular | plural | |
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1st person singular (“my”) |
افسانهام، افسانم△ (afsâné-am, afsânám△) | افسانههایم، افسانههام△ (afsâne-hấyam, afsâneấm△) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
افسانهات، افسانت△ (afsâné-at, afsânát△) | افسانههایت، افسانههات△ (afsâne-hấyat, afsâneất△) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
افسانهاش، افسانش△ (afsâné-aš, afsânáš△) | افسانههایش، افسانههاش△ (afsâne-hấyaš, afsâneấš△) |
1st plural (“our”) |
افسانهمان، افسانهمون، افسانمون△ (afsâné-(y)emân, afsânámun△) | افسانههایمان، افسانههامون△ (afsâne-hấyemân, afsâneấmun△) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
افسانهتان، افسانهتون، افسانتون△ (afsâné-(y)etân, afsânátun△) | افسانههایتان، افسانههاتون△ (afsâne-hấyetân, afsâneấtun△) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
افسانهشان، افسانهشون، افسانشون△ (afsâné-(y)ešân, afsânášun△) | افسانههایشان، افسانههاشون△ (afsâne-hấyešân, 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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