ایشان

Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian ایشان (ēšān, “they”).

Noun

ایشان (transliteration needed)

1. ishan

Descendants

• Uyghur: ئىشان (ishan)
• Uzbek: eshon

Persian

Etymology

Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭 (awēšān, “they”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.ˈʃɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.ʃɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.ʃɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.ʃɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.ʃɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	ēšān
Dari reading?	ēšān
Iranian reading?	išân
Tajik reading?	ešon

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Pronoun

Dari	ایشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эшон

ایشان • (išân)

1. they (with an animate, rational referent)
2. (literary, formal, polite) he, she

Usage notes

• (they): This pronoun is typically only used when referring to people, or to things that are literally or figuratively animate and rational. To refer to inanimate things or irrational beings, the pronoun آن‌ها (ânhâ) is used instead.
• (he, she): Grammatically, ایشان is a third person plural pronoun. Referring to an individual in the plural is a way of showing respect in Persian. If the pronoun is used as a subject, its verb is typically (but not always) conjugated in the third person plural.

Descendants

• → Chagatai: ایشان
  • Uyghur: ئىشان (ishan)
  • Uzbek: eshon
• → Chinese:

  Mandarin: 依禪／依禅 (yīchán)

• → English: ishan
• → Kazakh: ишан (işan)
• → Kyrgyz: эшен (eşen)
• → Russian: иша́н (išán)
• → Tatar: ишан (işan)
• → Turkmen: işan
• → Uzbek: eshon

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

		singular	plural
1st person		من (man), مه (ma)*	ما (mā)
2nd person	familiar	تو (tū)	شما (šumā)
	polite	شما (šumā)
3rd person	general	او (ō), آن (ān)	آن‌ها (ān-hā), آنان (ānān), آنا (ānā)*, اونا (ōnā)*
	formal	وی (way)	ایشان (ēšān)
	polite	ایشان (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations