گشنه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwšnk' /⁠gušnag⁠/, “hungry”), from Proto-Iranian *warš- (“to be hungry”), an Iranian-specific coinage modeled after Proto-Iranian *tarš- (“to be thirsty”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry, thirsty”).[1]

Pronunciation

- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊʃ.nǽ]

- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥oʃ.né]

Readings

Dari reading^?	gušna
Iranian reading^?	gošne

Adjective

گشنه • (gošne)

Colloquial form of (gorosne).

Usage notes

See "Usage notes" at (gorosne).

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423

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[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423