جشن

See also: خشن‎, حسن‎, and ح س ن‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, to worship”).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʃn/

Noun

Dari جشن
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷашн (jašn)

جشن • (jašn) (plural جشن‌ها‎ (jašn-hâ))

  1. celebration, festival, feast
    ‏جشن نوروز‎‎ ― jašn-e nowruz ― Nowruz celebrations
    ‏جشن تولد‎‎ ― jašn-e tavallod ― birthday celebrations
    ‏جشنی برپا بود.‎‎ ― jašni barpâ bud. ― A festival was underway.
    • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “ترجیعات”, in دیوان اشعار [Diwān-i Ašʿār]:
      ‏بدین شایستگی جشنی بدین بایستگی روزی
      ملک را در جهان هر روز جشنی باد و نوروزی
      ‎
      bedin šâyestegi jašni bedin bâyestegi ruzi
      malek râ dar jahân har ruz jašni bâd o nowruzi
      A feast of such worth, a day of such need; may every day be a feast and a Nowruz to the king in the world!

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindustani: jaśan
    Hindi: जशन
    Urdu: جشن‎
  • → Pashto: جشن‎ (ǰašᶕn)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian جشن‎ (jašn), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, to worship”).

Pronunciation

Noun

جشن • (jaśan) m (Hindi spelling जशन)

  1. banquet
  2. festival
  3. feast
  4. celebration

Derived terms

  • جشن عید‎ (jaśan-e-'īd, “Eid celebrations”)
  • جشن عظیم‎ (jaśan-e-'azīm, “great celebration”)
  • جشن فتح‎ (jaśan-e-fatah, “victory celebration”)
  • جَشْنِ سال گِرَہ‎ (jaśan-e-sāl-girah, “birthday celebration”)
  • جَشْنِ بَہاراں‎ (jaśan-e-bahārāñ, “spring celebration”)
  • جَشْنِ بُزُرْگ‎ (jaśan-e-buzurg, “Persian new year”)
  • جَشْنِ نَوروز‎ (jaśan-e-nōrōz, “Nowruz”)
  • جَشْنِ آزادی‎ (jaśan-e-āzādī, “independence day”)
  • جَشْنی‎ (jaśanī, “fond of feasting, luxurious, voluptuous”)
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