لانه
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Not found in Middle Persian; early attestations are from Rumi, mid-1200s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Dari | لانه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | лона |
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [lɑː.ˈna]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.nǽ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | lāna |
Dari reading? | lāna |
Iranian reading? | lâne |
Tajik reading? | lona |
Noun
[edit]لانه • (lâne)
- home for animals:
- lair; den (for mammals)
- Synonym: کُنام (konâm)
- nest (for birds)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3707—3708:
- آتشی افتاد در عهد عمر
همچو چوب خشک میخورد او حجر
در فتاد اندر بنا و خانهها
تا زد اندر پر مرغ و لانهها- ātašē uftād dar ahd-i umar
hamčō čōb-i xušk mē-xwarad ō xajar
dar fitād andar binā u xāna-hā
tā zad andar parr-i morğ u lāna-hā - A conflagration occurred in the time of ‘Umar:
It was devouring stones as though they were dry wood.
It fell upon buildings and houses,
Until [at last] it darted at the wings and nests of birds.
- ātašē uftād dar ahd-i umar
- house, bed (for pets)
- (figurative) lair, den (usually of criminal activity)
- لانه جاسوسی ― lâne-ye jâsusi ― den of spies
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 818:
- این جهان شهوتی بتخانهایست
انبیا و کافران را لانهایست- īn jahān-i šahwatī butxāna'ē-st
abniyā u kāfirān rā lāna'ē-st - This world, [which is] associated with lust, is an idol-temple:
It is a nest [abode] for the prophets and the infidels [alike].
- īn jahān-i šahwatī butxāna'ē-st
- lair; den (for mammals)
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press