غزنی

Persian

نگاره‌ای از ارگ غزنی

Citadel of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42)

Alternative forms

• غَزنه (ğazne), غَزنین (ğaznin) (historical use)

Etymology

Through metathesis and apocope (elision of the final sound) of گنزک (ganzak, “treasury”) (also the name of an ancient town in Azerbaijan). See گنج (ganj, “treasure”) and گنجه (ganje, “Ganja”) (a city in Republic of Azerbaijan) for more. Ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣaz.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäz.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäz.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäz.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäz.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæz.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäz.ní]

Readings

Classical reading?	ğaznī
Dari reading?	ğaznī
Iranian reading?	ğazni
Tajik reading?	ġazni

Proper noun

Dari	غزنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ғазнӣ

غزنی • (ğazni)

1. Ghazni (a city in Afghanistan)
2. Ghazni (a province of Afghanistan)

   ولایت غزنی ― velâyat-e ğazni ― the province of Ghazni, Ghazni Province

Derived terms

• غَزنَوی (ğaznavi, “of or from Ghazni”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “غزنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press