همایون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian (humāyūn).

Adjective

همایون • (hümayun)

royal, imperial

Descendants

Turkish: hümayun

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “همایون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hümayun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭩 (hwmʾy /⁠humāy⁠/, “a bird of good omen; eagle”). Compare Old Persian *Humāyah, Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬀 (humāiia, “blessed”), Sanskrit सुमाय (su-māyá, “having excellent counsels or plans, very wise”). All composed of Proto-Iranian *māyā- (“blessing, happiness”) and the prefix *hu- (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-. Related to Old Armenian հմայք (hmaykʻ, “witchcraft, divination”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hu.maː.ˈjuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.mɑː.juːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.mɑː.juːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mɔː.jun]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.mɒː.juːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.mɔ.jun]

Readings
Classical reading^?	humāyūn
Dari reading^?	humāyūn
Iranian reading^?	homâyun
Tajik reading^?	humoyun

Adjective


Iranian Persian	همایون
Dari	همایون
Tajik	ҳумоюн

همایون • (homâyun)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hümayun
→ Bengali: হুমায়ুন (humaẏun)
→ Chagatai: همایون (hmāywn)
- Uyghur: ھۇمايۇن (humayun)
- Uzbek: humoyun
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हुमायूँ (humāyū̃)

Urdu: ہمایوں (humāyū̃)
→ Ottoman Turkish: همایون (hümayun)
- Turkish: hümayun

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “همایون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul