دانایی

Persian

Alternative forms

• دانائى (dânâ'i)

Etymology

Compound of دانا (dânâ, “wise”) +‎ یی (-yi, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.nɑː.jiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɑː.jiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɑː.jiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɑː.jiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.nɔː.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.nɒː.jiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.nɔ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	dānāyī
Dari reading?	dānāyī
Iranian reading?	dânâyi
Tajik reading?	donoyi

Noun

دانایی • (dânâyi)

1. wisdom
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1422:

     بلکه خود از آدمی در گاو و خر
     می‏رود دانایی و علم و هنر

     balka xwad az ādamī dar gav u xar
     mē-rawad dānāyī u 'ilm u hunar

     Nay, indeed, wisdom and knowledge and excellence
     pass from Man into the ox and the ass.

2. knowledge, learning

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دانایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دانائى”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul