تنها

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian tn'yhʾ (tanīhā).[1] Equivalent to Middle Persian tn' (tan, “body, self”) + yhʾ (īhā).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰän.hɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.nɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.nɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? tanhā
Dari reading? tanhā
Iranian reading? tanhâ
Tajik reading? tanho

Adjective
Dari تنها
Iranian Persian
Tajik танҳо

تنها • (tanhâ)

  1. alone
  2. lonely
    • 1972, “نمياد”, performed by Googoosh:
      واسه این دل تنها دیگه مهمون نمیاد
      vâse in del-e tanhâ dige mehmun nemiyâd
      For this lonely heart the guest never comes to visit
  3. single
  4. just
  5. only

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: tənha
  • → Hindustani:
  • Lurish:
    • → Northern Luri: تںنیا (tənia)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تنها

References
  1. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82
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