مهمان

See also: مہمان‎

Persian

Alternative forms

میهمان‎ (mihmân)
مهمون‎ (mehmun)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (m(ʾ)hmʾn' /mehmān/, “inhabitant; guest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meytH-. Cognate with Northern Luri ‎ (mêmö), Pashto مېلمه‎ (melma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mihˈmɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mɪhˈmɑːn/
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /mɛhˈmɑːn/, /mɪˈmɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mehˈmɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mehˈmɔn/

Noun

Iranian Persian	مهمان
Dari	مهمان
Tajik	меҳмон (mehmon)

مهمان • (mehmân) (plural مهمانان‎ (mehmânân) or مهمان‌ها‎ (mehmân-hâ))

a guest
Synonym: سپنج‎ (sepanj) (archaic)

Antonym: میزبان‎ (mizbân, “host”)
a patron of a hotel or restaurant

Derived terms

مهمان‌پرست‎ (mehmân-parast)
مهمان‌پرستی‎ (mehmân-parasti)
مهمان‌پذیر‎ (mehmân-pazir)
مهمانخانه‎ (mehmânxâne)
مهما‌ن‌دار‎ (mehmân-dâr)
مهمان کردن‎ (mehmân kardan)
مهمان‌نواز‎ (mehmân-navâz)
مهمان‌نوازی‎ (mehmân-navâzi)
مهمانی‎ (mehmâni)

Descendants

→ Armenian: մեհման (mehman)
→ Azerbaijani: mehman
→ Bengali: মেহমান (mehoman)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مهمان‎ (mihmân)
→ Turkmen: myhman
→ Urdu: مہمان‎ (mehmān, mahmān)

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