دهقانی

Persian

Etymology

From دهقان (dehqân, “farmer, peasant”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dih.qaː.ˈniː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e̞ɦ.qɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e̞ɦ.qɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.qɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.qɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɦ.ɢɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɦ.qɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	dihqānī
Dari reading?	dehqānī
Iranian reading?	dehġâni
Tajik reading?	dehqoni

Noun

دهقانی • (dehqâni)

1. agriculture, tillage

   Synonyms: کشاورزی (kešâvarzi), زراعت (zerâ'at)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 91:

     چه سازم از دلم جز میوه دردت که حاصل نیست
     در این جایی که تیغ غمزه‌ات کردست دهقانی

     či sāzam az dilam juz mēwa-yi dardat ki hāsil nēst
     dar īn jāyē ki tēġ-i ġamza'at kardast dihqānī

     What shall I make of my heart save the fruit of love-pain for you? For there is no harvest
     In this place where the tillage has been done by the blade of your flirting winks.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دهقانی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim