خزان

See also: حزان and خزاں

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ز ن (ḵ-z-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaz.zaːn/

Noun

خَزَّان (ḵazzān) m (plural خَزَازِين (ḵazāzīn) or خَزَّانَات (ḵazzānāt))

  1. dam
  2. reservoir
  3. tank

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Bactrian. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (γzʾnh /xazān/), also probably a Bactrian borrowing.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /xazɒːn/

    Noun

    خزان (xazân)

    1. (literary, poetic) autumn
      • 11th century, Manuchehri
        خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
        باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است
        xêzêd u xaz ârêd ki hangâm-i xazân ast
        bâd-i xunuk az jânib-i xwârazm vazân ast
        Get up and bring fur clothes as autumn is here
        A cold wind is blowing from the Khwarazm yonder
      Synonym: پاییز (pâyiz)

    Descendants

    • Kazakh: қазан (qazan)
    • Uzbek: xazon
    • Urdu: خزاں (xizā̃)

    References

    • Gharib, B. (1995), “γzʾnh”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 182a
    • Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud; Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012), “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies (in Persian), volume 2, issue 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 7
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