پناه

See also: پناہ and بناة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh).

Noun

پناه • (penah) (definite accusative پناهی (penahı), plural پناهلر (penahlar))

  1. shelter
  2. asylum, refuge
  3. (in compounds) protector
    دین پناهdin penahthe protector of the religion
    جهان پناهcihan penahprotector of the world
    عالم پناهʼalem penahprotector of the world
    ملاحت پناهmelâhat penahthe protector of beauty: a beautiful woman
    • 1521, Piri Reis, کتاب بحریه [Kitab-ı Bahriye, Book of the Sea]‎[1]:
      دَرْبَیَانِ سَبَبِ تَالِیفِ كِتَابْ
      وَسَبَبِ تَالِیفِ كِتَابْ بُودُرْكِیمْ حَضِرَتِ پَاشَاهِ عَالَمْ پَنَاهُكْ آسِتَانَهِٔ دَوْلَتْ آشِیَانِنَه وَدَرِ سَعَادَتْ بِخْشِنَه طَوَایِفِ دَهْرِ كَامِللَرٖی اَنْوَاعِ فُنُونْدَنْ تُحْفَه‌لَرْ كَتُورْمِشْلَرْدُرْكِمْ دَوْلَتْلُو خُدَاوَنْدِكَارِك هِمَّتِ بٖی‌هَمْتَاسٖیلَه عَالَمْدَه وُجُودْ بُولُوبْ نَامِ نِشَانْ صَاحِبْلَرٖی اُولَه‌لَرْ
      der beyan-ı sebeb-i teʼlif-i kitab
      ve-sebeb-i teʼlif-i kitab budurkim hazireti paşah-i ʼalem penahuñ asitane-i devlet aşiyanına ve-der-i saʼadet bahşine tavayif-i dehr-i kâmilleri envaʼ-ı fünundan tuhfeler getürmişlerdürkim devletlü hudavendigârıñ himmet-i bi-hemtasıyla ʼalemde vücud bulub nam-ı nişan sahibleri olalar.
      the reason of the composition of the book
      the reason of the composition of this book is thus: the most perfect people of the world brought gifts of various sciences to the heavenly state city of the world's sultan and to its gate of happiness, so that with the grace and favor of the sultan, their names were made eternal in the world.

Derived terms

  • رسالت پناه (risalet penah, prophet Muhammad)
  • كبریاپناه (kibriyapenah, God)
  • پناه آورده (penah averde, refugee)
  • پناه برده (penah bürde, refugee)
  • پناهكاه (penahgâh, place of refuge)
  • پناهی (penahi, of or relating to refuge)
  • پناهی (penahi, the state or quality of being a protector)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (panāh, protector; refuge).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? panāh
    Dari reading? panāh
    Iranian reading? panâh
    Tajik reading? panoh

    Noun

    پناه • (panāh / panâh) (Tajik spelling паноҳ)

    1. shelter
    2. refuge
    3. asylum
    4. protection

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Bengali: পনা (pona), পানা (pana)
    • Chagatai: پناه (pnāh /⁠pänāh⁠/)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: पनाह (panāh)
      Urdu: پَناہ (panāh)
    • Kazakh: пана (pana)
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: پناه (penāh)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਪਨਾਹ (panāh)
      Shahmukhi script: پَناہ (panāh)
    • Turkmen: pena