جشن

See also: خشن, حسن, and ح س ن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /⁠jašn⁠/), from Old Persian [script needed] (*yašna-), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒaʃn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʃn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʃn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʃn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʃn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæʃn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʃn]

Readings
Classical reading?	jašn
Dari reading?	jašn
Iranian reading?	jašn
Tajik reading?	jašn

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	جشن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷашн

جَشْن • (jašn) (plural جشن‌ها (jašn-hâ))

1. celebration, festival, feast

   جشن نوروز ― jašn-e nowruz ― Nowruz celebrations

   جشن تولد ― jašn-e tavallod ― birthday celebrations

   جشنی برپا بود. ― jašni barpâ bud. ― A festival was underway.

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “ترجیعات”, in دیوان اشعار [Diwān-i Ašʿār]:

     بدین شایستگی جشنی بدین بایستگی روزی
     ملک را در جهان هر روز جشنی باد و نوروزی

     bedin šâyestegi jašni bedin bâyestegi ruzi
     malek râ dar jahân har ruz jašni bâd o nowruzi

     A feast of such worth, a day of such need; may every day be a feast and a Nowruz to the king in the world!

Derived terms

• جشن گرفتن (jašn gereftan)

Descendants

• Bengali: জশন (jośon), জশ্ন (jośno)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जशन (jaśan), जश्न (jaśna)

  Urdu: جَشْن (jaśn)

• → Pashto: جشن (jašᶕn)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian جشن (jašn), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /⁠jašn⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, to worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʃ.(ə)n/

Noun

جَشْن • (jaśn) m (Hindi spelling जशन)

1. banquet
2. festival
3. feast
4. celebration

Derived terms

• جشن عید (jaśan-e-'īd, “Eid celebrations”)
• جشن عظیم (jaśan-e-'azīm, “great celebration”)
• جشن فتح (jaśan-e-fatah, “victory celebration”)
• جَشْنِ سال گِرَہ (jaśan-e-sāl-girah, “birthday celebration”)
• جَشْنِ بَہاراں (jaśan-e-bahārāñ, “spring celebration”)
• جَشْنِ بُزُرْگ (jaśan-e-buzurg, “Persian new year”)
• جَشْنِ نَوروز (jaśan-e-nōrōz, “Nowruz”)
• جَشْنِ آزادی (jaśan-e-āzādī, “independence day”)
• جَشْنی (jaśanī, “fond of feasting, luxurious, voluptuous”)