جشن

See also: خشن‎, حسن‎, and ح س ن‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, to worship”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʃn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʃn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæʃn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʃn/

Noun

Iranian Persian	جشن
Dari	جشن
Tajik	ҷашн (jašn)

جشن • (jašn) (plural جشن‌ها‎ (jašn-hâ))

celebration, festival, feast
‏‎‎ ― jašn-e nowruz ― Nowruz celebrations
‏‎‎ ― jašn-e tavallod ― birthday celebrations
‏‎‎ ― jašni barpâ bud. ― A festival was underway.
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “ترجیعات”, in دیوان اشعار [Diwān-i Ašʿār]:
  ‏بدین شایستگی جشنی بدین بایستگی روزی
  ملک را در جهان هر روز جشنی باد و نوروزی‎
  bedin šâyestegi jašni bedin bâyestegi ruzi
  malek râ dar jahân har ruz jašni bâd o nowruzi
  A feast of such worth, a day of such need; may every day be a feast and a Nowruz to the king in the world!

Derived terms

جشن گرفتن‎ (jašn gereftan)

Descendants

→ Hindustani: jaśan
Hindi: जशन
Urdu: جشن‎‎
→ Pashto: جشن‎ (ǰašᶕn)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (jašn), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh (“worship, sacrifice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, to worship”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʃən/

Noun

جشن • (jaśan) m (Hindi spelling जशन)

banquet
festival
feast
celebration

Derived terms

جشن عید‎ (jaśan-e-'īd, “Eid celebrations”)
جشن عظیم‎ (jaśan-e-'azīm, “great celebration”)
جشن فتح‎ (jaśan-e-fatah, “victory celebration”)
جَشْنِ سال گِرَہ‎ (jaśan-e-sāl-girah, “birthday celebration”)
جَشْنِ بَہاراں‎ (jaśan-e-bahārāñ, “spring celebration”)
جَشْنِ بُزُرْگ‎ (jaśan-e-buzurg, “Persian new year”)
جَشْنِ نَوروز‎ (jaśan-e-nōrōz, “Nowruz”)
جَشْنِ آزادی‎ (jaśan-e-āzādī, “independence day”)
جَشْنی‎ (jaśanī, “fond of feasting, luxurious, voluptuous”)