هنر
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian هنر (honar).
Noun
هنر • (huner)
- science, knowledge
- art
- skill
- talent, merit
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “هنر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1329a
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwnl), 𐫍𐫇𐫗𐫡 (hwnr /hunar/, “virtue, ability, skill”), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎼 (ʰuvnara, “talent, capability”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”) + *h₂nḗr (“man; power, force, vital energy”). Cognate with Old Armenian հնար (hnar, “means, way”) (from Iranian), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬭𐬀 m (hunara, “skill, strength”), Sanskrit सूनर (sū-nára, “possessing vital strength, mighty, prosperous, beautiful”).
Compare also formally identical formations in other Indo-European languages: Old Irish so-nirt, so-nairt (“strong”), Welsh hy-nerth (“mighty”), Ancient Greek εὐ-ήνωρ (eu-ḗnōr, “manly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /hunaɾ/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /hʊnaɾ/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /honæɾ/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /hunaɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ær
Noun
Dari | هنر |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҳунар (hunar) |
هنر • (honar) (plural هنرها (honar-hâ))
- art
- هنرهای تجسمی ― honar-hâ-ye tajasomi ― visual arts
- هنرهای زیبا ― honar-hâ-ye zibâ ― fine arts
- (archaic) craft, ability, art
- Synonyms: صنعت (san'at), فن (fann)
- (archaic) knowledge, wisdom
- Synonyms: دانش (dâneš), علم ('elm)
Derived terms
- هنرستان (honarestân, “art school”)
- هنرمند (honarmand, “artist, artistic”)
- هنرمندانه (honarmandâne, “artfully”)
- هنرور (honarvar, “artful”)
- هنر پرور (honar-parvar, “patron of art”)
- هنرپیشه (honarpiše, “artist”)
- هنری (honari, “artistic”)
Descendants
- → Armenian: հունար (hunar), հյուներ (hyuner)
- → Azerbaijani: hünər
- → Baluchi: ہنر (hwnər)
- → Bashkir: һөнәр (hönär)
- → Georgian: უნარი (unari)
- → Gujarati: હુન્નર (hunnar)
- → Hindustani: hunar
- Hindi: हुनर
- Urdu: ہُنَر
- → Kazakh: өнер (öner)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: huner, hiner
- → Ottoman Turkish: هنر (huner)
- Turkish: hüner
- → Greek: χουνέρι (chounéri)
- → Pashto: هنر (hunár)
- → Punjabi: hunar
- Gurmukhi: ਹੁਨਰ
- Shahmukhi: ہُنَر
- → Sindhi: hunaro
- Arabic: هُنَرُ
- Devanagari: हुनर
- → Uyghur: ھۇنەر (huner)
- → Uzbek: hunar
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հնար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 104b
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- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 1108, pages 247–248
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 181
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hunar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 44
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 493
- Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 102b
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 891
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 765