افلاطون
See also: أفلاطون
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- افلاطونی (eflatuni)
Etymology
From Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn, “Plato”), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn) as adjusted to Arabic phonology. Nişanyan considers that the use of the term for a shade of purple originates in the multiple references to such colours in Plato's work (e.g. Ancient Greek ἁλουργής (halourgḗs) in the Republic, Book IV, 429d).
Descendants
- Turkish: eflatun
See also
آق (ak) | بوز (boz) | قره (kara) |
قزل (kızıl); آل (al) | ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur) | صاری (sarı) |
یشیل (yeşil) | ||
گوك (gök) | ماوی (mavi) | |
مور (mor) | افلاطون (eflatun) | پنبه (pembe) |
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “افلاطون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 159b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “eflatun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn), from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /aflɑːˈtuːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /aflɑːˈtuːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æflɒːˈtuːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /aflɔˈtun/
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