آیدین
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- آیدن (aydın)
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *aydïŋ (“light”); cognate with Azerbaijani aydın, Kazakh айдың (aidyñ), Turkmen aýdyň and Tuvan айдың (aydıñ). As a city, named in honor of Aydin Mehmet Bey upon his dynasty's conquest of Güzelhisar.
Noun
آیدین • (aydın)
- light, a visible electromagnetic radiation
- (by extension) light, a source of illumination
- clarity, brightness, the state of being clear or bright
Adjective
آیدین • (aydın)
- luminous, shining, radiant, emitting light
- illuminated, lit, irradiated by light
- bright, sparkling, lustrous, glistening
Derived terms
- آیدینسز (aydınsız, “without light”)
- آیدینلق (aydınlık, “light”)
- آیدینلندرمق (aydınlandırmak, “to make shine brightly”)
- آیدینلنمق (aydınlanmak, “to become luminous”)
- آیدینلو (aydınlı, “luminous”)
Descendants
- Turkish: aydın
Proper noun

Aydin Province in modern Turkey
آیدین • (Aydın)
- Aydin, a male given name
- Aydin (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)
Descendants
- Turkish: Aydın
References
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aydın”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 380
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آیدین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 43
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lumen”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 980
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آیدین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 587
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aydın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیدین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Aydın”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Aydın”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 67
Persian
Etymology
From Azerbaijani Aydın.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːj.ˈdiːn]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːj.d̪íːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑːj.d̪íːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäj.d̪ín]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːj.d̪íːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔj.d̪ín]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āydīn |
Dari reading? | āydīn |
Iranian reading? | âydin |
Tajik reading? | oydin |
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