پروانه

See also: پروانہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پروانه (parwāna), from Middle Persian plwʾnk' (parwānag, guide, leader).

Noun

پروانه • (pervane) (definite accusative پروانه‌یی (pervaneyi), plural پروانه‌لر (pervaneler))

  1. moth, any nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea
    Synonyms: فراشه (feraşe), كوكه (güğe)
  2. propeller
    Synonym: اسقرو (iskru)

Derived terms

  • ساعت پروانه‌سی (saʼat pervanesi, spring of a clock)
  • واپور پروانه‌سی (vapur pervanesi, paddlewheel)
  • پروانه‌جی (pervaneci, lord-chancellor)
  • یل دكرمنی پروانه‌سی (yel değirmeni pervanesi, vane)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pervane
  • Romanian: pervanea

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian plwʾnk' (parwānag, guide, leader). Compare فرانه (farāna / farâne), فرانک (farānak / farânak). For the sense “caracal”, see Iranica.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? parwāna
Dari reading? parwāna
Iranian reading? parvâne
Tajik reading? parvona

Noun

پروانه • (parwāna / parvâne) (plural پروانه‌ها (parwāna-hā / parvâne-hâ), Tajik spelling парвона)

  1. butterfly
  2. moth
  3. propeller
  4. license (US) or licence, certificate, permission, permit
  5. (literary) caracal, Persian lynx
    Synonym: سیاه‌گوش (siyāh-gōš / siyâh-guš)
  6. (obsolete) guide, leader
    Synonyms: رهبر (rahbar), راهنما (rāhnamā / râhnamâ), دلیل (dalīl / dalil), (Classical) قلاوز (qulāvuz)

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

پروانه • (parwāna / parvâne) (Tajik spelling Парвона)

  1. a female given name, Parvaneh or Parwana, from Middle Persian

References

  1. ^ Hūšang Aʿlam (1990-12-15), “Carcal”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  2. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 187
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 212