تهی

See also: بھی and بهی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian twhyg (tuhīg, “empty; vain, illusory; barren”), from Proto-Iranian *tuŝyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuŝćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós, from *tews- (“to be empty”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰo̞.ɦíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰʊ.jíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.jí]

Readings
Classical reading? tuhī
Dari reading? tohī
Iranian reading? tohi
Tajik reading? tuhī

Adjective

تهی • (tohi)

  1. empty (devoid of content)
    • 1928-1980, Sohrab Sepehri, "قایقی خواهم ساخت"
      قایق از تور تهی، و دل از آرزوی مروارید
      qâyeq az tur tohi, va del az ârezu-ye morvârid
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. hollow

Synonyms

References
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “twhyg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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