تهی

See also: بھی and بهی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian twhyg (tuhīg, “empty; vain, illusory; barren”), from Proto-Iranian *tuŝyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuŝćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós, from *tews- (“to be empty”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tu.ˈhiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo̞.ɦíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo̞.ɦíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo.ɦíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading?	tuhī
Dari reading?	tohī
Iranian reading?	tohi
Tajik reading?	tuhi

Adjective

تهی • (tohi)

1. empty (devoid of content)
   • 1928-1980, Sohrab Sepehri, "قایقی خواهم ساخت"

     قایق از تور تهی، و دل از آرزوی مروارید

     qâyeq az tur tohi, va del az ârezu-ye morvârid

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. hollow

Synonyms

• خالی (xâli)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “twhyg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols