عدسی

Persian

Etymology

From عدس (adas, “lentil”) +‎ ـی (-i).

"Lens": semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ða.ˈsiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.síː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.síː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.síː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.sí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪æ.síː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ä.sí]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḏasī
Dari reading?	adasī
Iranian reading?	adasi
Tajik reading?	adasi

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Noun

عدسی • (adasi)

1. lens

   Synonym: لنز (lenz)

2. lentil soup

Adjective

عدسی • (adasi)

1. lentil-like; resembling a lentil

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عدسی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim