عیان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَان (ʕiyān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈjɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	iyān
Dari reading?	iyān
Iranian reading?	iyân
Tajik reading?	iyon

Adjective

عیان • (eyân)

1. obvious, clear

   Synonyms: آشکار (âškâr), واضح (vâzeh), بدیهی (badihi)

   چیزی که عیان است چه حاجت به بیان است!

   čizi ke eyân ast če hâjat be bayân ast!

   What need is there to explain something which is obvious?

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 214:

     غم دل تا بکی زان سرو سیمین تن نهان سازم
     همان بهتر که حال خویشتن با او عیان سازم

     ğam-i dil tā ba-kay z-ān sarw-i sīmīn tan nihān sāzam
     ham-ān bihtar ki hāl-i xwēštan bā ō iyān sāzam

     Until when shall I keep my heart's sorrow hidden from that silver-bodied cypress?
     It is better for me to make my state clear to her!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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