آشنایی

Persian

Etymology

آشنا (âš(e)nâ) +‎ ـیی (-yi).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃi.nɑː.jiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃ.nɑː.jiː], [ʔɑː.ʃɪ.nɑː.jiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːʃ.nɔː.ji], [ʔɔː.ʃi.nɔː.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːʃ.nɒː.jiː], [ʔɒː.ʃe.nɒː.jiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔʃ.nɔ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Dari reading?	āšnāyī, āšināyī
Iranian reading?	âšnâyi, âšenâyi
Tajik reading?	ošnoyi

Noun

Dari	آشنایی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ошноӣ

آشنایی • (âšnâyi or âšenâyi)

1. acquaintance, friendship
2. initiation
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3494:

     رفت فکر و روشنایی یافتند
     نحر و بحر آشنایی یافتند

     raft fikr u rowšnayi yâftand
     nahr u bahr-i-âšnâyi yaftand

     Thought is gone, and they have gained light:
     they have gained the throat (core and essence) and the sea (ultimate source) of gnosis.

3. recognition

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آشنایی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim