غزنی

Persian
نگاره‌ای از ارگ غزنی
Citadel of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Through metathesis and apocope (elision of the final sound) of گنزک‎ (ganzak, “treasury”) (also the name of an ancient town in Azerbaijan). See گنج‎ (ganj, “treasure”) and گنجه‎ (ganje, “Ganja”) (a city in Republic of Azerbaijan) for more. Ultimately from Old Median *ganǰəm (“treasure”).

Proper noun
Dari غزنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ғазнӣ (Ġaznī)

غزنی • (ğazni)

  1. Ghazni (a city in Afghanistan)
  2. Ghazni (a province of Afghanistan)
    ‏ولایت غزنی‎ ― velâyat-e ğazni ― the province of Ghazni, Ghazni Province

Derived terms

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “غزنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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