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هنر

هنر

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

هنر (huner)

  1. science, knowledge
  2. art
  3. skill
  4. talent, merit

References


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hwnl (hunar), Manichaean Middle Persian hwnr (hunar, virtue, ability, skill), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎼 (ʰuvnara, talent, capability), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (good) and *h₂nḗr (man; power, force, vital energy).

Cognate with Manichaean Parthian hwnr (hunar, virtue, skill), Old Armenian հնար (hnar, means, way) (from Iranian), Avestan [script needed] 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).

Noun

هنر (honar) (plural هنرها (honar-hâ))

  1. (archaic) skill, ability
  2. art

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • هنری (honari)
  • هنرمند (honarmand)
  • هنرمندانه (honarmandâne)
  • هنرپیشه (honarpiše)
  • هنرستان (honarestân)
  • هنرور (honarvar)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: հունար (hunar)
  • → Azeri: hünər
  • → Baluchi: ہنر (hwnər)
  • → Georgian: უნარი (unari)
  • → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: h’ӧнр (h’unr), huner, hiner
  • → Ottoman Turkish: هنر (huner)
    • Turkish: hüner
    • → Armenian: հյուներ (hyuner)
  • → Pashto: هنر (hunár)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հնար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 104b
  • Boyce, Mary (1977), hwnr”, in A word-list of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Acta Iranica 9a, Série 3 – “Textes et mémoires”, vol. 2-supplément), with a reverse index by Ronald Zwanziger, Leiden, Tehran-Liège: E.J. Brill, Biliothèque Pahlavi, page 49
  • 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 II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 765