کهن

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian khwbn' (kahwan, old).

Adjective[edit]

کهن (kohan) (comparative کهن‌تَر (kohan-tar), superlative کهن‌تَرین (kohan-tarin))

  1. old, ancient

Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: كهن (köhn, kühün, kühin, old, ancient)

References[edit]

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kahwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “کهن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 4105