تشنه

See also: تشنہ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian tyšnk' (tišnag), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”).

Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀‎ (taršna), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʿaṙamim, “I wither”) and English thirst.

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tɪʃna/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /teʃne/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /tiʃna/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	تشنه
Dari	تشنه
Tajik	ташна (tašna)

تشنه • (tešne)

thirsty

Related terms

تشنگی‎ (tešnegi)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Urdu: تشنہ‎ (tiśnā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: تشنه‎ (teşne)

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