آسان

آسان • (ásán)

1. easy

Borrowed from Urdu آسان (āsān), from Persian آسان.

آسان (āsān)

1. easy

Borrowed from Urdu آسَانْ (āsān), borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn).

• Tone class: H(L)
• IPA^(key): /áːsáːn/

آسان (āsān) m

1. easy

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “āsān”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77

آسان (âsân)

1. Arabic spelling of âsân (“easy”)

• آسون (âsun) (colloquial Tehrani)

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/). Compare Northern Kurdish hêsan.

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آسان • (āsān / âsân) (comparative آسان‌تَر, superlative آسان‌تَرین, Tajik spelling осон)

1. easy

   Synonyms: ساده (sāda / sâde), راحت (rāhat / râhat), خوار (xwār / xâr), سهل (sahl)

   Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (dušwār / došvâr)

   آیا فکر می‌کنید که کردی از فارسی آسان‌تر است؟ (formal Iranian)

   âyâ fekr mi-konid ke kordi az fârsi âsân-tar ast?

   Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?

   فک می‌کنین که کردی از فارسی آسون‌تره؟ (colloquial Iranian)

   fek mi-konin ke kordi az fârsi âsun-tar-e?

   Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2947:

     راههای صعب پایان برده‌ایم، ره بر اهل خویش آسان کرده‌ایم

     râh-hâ-ye sa'b pâyân borde-'im, rah bar ahl-e xiš âsân karde-'im.

     We have brought the hard ways to an end; we have made the way easy for our own people.

   • late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “الا یا ایها الساقی (Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:

     الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کأسا و ناولها، که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکل‌ها

     alâ yâ 'ayyoha-s-sâqi ader ka'san va nâvelhâ, ke 'ešq âsân nemûd avval vali 'oftâd moškelhâ

     ʼalā yā ʼayyuha-s-sāqī ʼadir kaʼsan wa-nāwilhā [Arabic: "Come, o wine-pourer! Circulate a cup and pass it"], since love seemed easy at first, but soon difficulties occurred.

   • c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:

     دست از جان شستن آسان است در شب‌های هجر، می‌توان چون شمع خون خود به رنگ آب ریخت.

     dast az jân šostan âsân ast dar šab-hâ-ye hejr, mi-tavân čun šam' xun-e xod be rang-e âb rixt.

     Washing hands of life is easy in the nights of separation. Like the candle one can shed one's blood soundlessly.

(verbs)

(others)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آسان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آسان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.sɑːn/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.sɑːn/
• Hyphenation: آ‧سَا‧نْ
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

آسان • (āsān) (Hindi spelling आसान)

1. easy

   Synonyms: سَہَج (sahaj), سَرَل (saral)

• آسَانِی (āsānī)

• → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

• “آسان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “āsān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 47
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آسان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 10
• “آسان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.