یاسمن

Persian

Alternative forms

یاسمین‎ (yâsamin)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾsmn' /yāsaman/, “jasmine”). Akin to Sogdian 𐫝𐫀𐫢𐫖𐫗‎ (cʾšmn /jāsmin/).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /jɑːsaman/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /jɔsuman/

Noun

Iranian Persian	یاسمن
Dari	یاسمن
Tajik	ёсуман (yosuman)

یاسمن • (yâsaman) (plural یاسمن‌ها‎ (yâsaman-hâ))

jasmine flower

Derived terms

یاس‎ (yâs, “jasmine”), a contraction of the present word

Descendants

→ Arabic: يَاسَمِين‎ (yāsamīn)
- Gulf Arabic: ياسمين‎ (yāsmīn)
- Hijazi Arabic: ياسمين‎ (yāsmīn, yāsamīn)
- → Catalan: gessamí, llessamí
- → French: jasmin
  - → Danish: jasmin
  - → English: jasmine
- → Galician: xasmín
- → Portuguese: jasmim
- → Spanish: jazmín
  - → German: Jasmin
- → Swahili: asumini
→ Armenian: յասաման (yasaman)
→ Azerbaijani: yasəmən
→ Georgian: იასამანი (iasamani)
→ Ottoman Turkish: یاسمن‎ (yasemin)
- Turkish: yasemin

Proper noun

یاسمن • (yâsaman)

a female given name

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “yʾsmn'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 97
Gharib, B. (1995), “c’smn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 124

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