afsun

See also: afsûn

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay afsun, from Classical Malay افسون (afsun), from Classical Persian افسون (afsūn, incantation, charm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈafsʊn/
  • Hyphenation: af‧sun
  • Rhymes: -sʊn, -ʊn, -n

Noun

afsun (first-person possessive afsunku, second-person possessive afsunmu, third-person possessive afsunnya)

  1. (archaic) charm, spell
    Synonym: pesona

References

  1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation, pages 117-144

Further reading

Malay

Noun

afsun (Jawi spelling افسون, plural afsun-afsun, informal 1st possessive afsunku, 2nd possessive afsunmu, 3rd possessive afsunnya)

  1. (archaic) charm; spell

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افسون (afsun), from Persian افسون (afsun).

Noun

afsun (definite accusative afsunu, plural afsunlar)

  1. charm
  2. incantation
  3. spell
  4. enchantment

Declension

Inflection
Nominative afsun
Definite accusative afsunu
Singular Plural
Nominative afsun afsunlar
Definite accusative afsunu afsunları
Dative afsuna afsunlara
Locative afsunda afsunlarda
Ablative afsundan afsunlardan
Genitive afsunun afsunların

Synonyms

References

  • afsun”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “افسون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 119b
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