آسان

See also: اسان and أسأن

Baluchi

Adjective

آسان • (ásán)

1. easy

Kalami

Etymology

Probably from Hindustani آسَانْ (āsān) / आसान (āsān).

Adjective

آسان (āsān) m

1. easy

Khalaj

Adjective

آسان (âsân)

1. Arabic spelling of âsân (“easy”)

Persian

Alternative forms

• آسون (âsun) (colloquial)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈsɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.sɔ́ːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.súːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.sɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	āsān
Dari reading?	āsān
Iranian reading?	âsân
Tajik reading?	oson

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	آسان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	осон

آسان • (âsân) (comparative آسان‌تَر (âsân-tar), superlative آسان‌تَرین (âsân-tarin))

1. easy

   Synonyms: ساده (sâde), راحت (râhat), خوار (xwâr), سهل (sahl)

   Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (došvâr)

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

   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)

   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.

Derived terms

(verbs)

• آسان شدن (âsân šodan, “to be eased”)
• آسان کردن (âsân kardan, “to facilitate”)
• آسان گرفتن (âsân gereftan, “to consider as easy”)

 

(others)

• آسان کار (âsân-kâr, “skillful”)
• آسان گذار (âsân-gozâr, “easy-going”)
• آسان گشا (âsân-gošâ, “easy to solve”)
• آسان گیر (âsân-gir, “acquirable, accessible”)
• آسانی (âsâni, “ease, convenience”)

 

Descendants

• → Ahirani: आसान (āsān)
• → Azerbaijani: asan
• → Bengali: আসান (aśan)
• → Dogri: āsān

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Dogra script: 𑠁𑠩𑠬𑠝

• → Gojri: اسان (asān)
• → Gujarati: આસાન (āsān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आसान (āsān)

  Urdu: آسَانْ (āsān)

  • → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

• → Khalaj: âsân
• → Maithili: āsān

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒮𑒰𑒢

• → Malvi: आसान (āsān)
• → Marathi: आसान (āsān)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅰𑅧 (asn)

• → Ottoman Turkish: آسان (asan)
  • Turkish: asan
• → Punjabi: asān

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਸਾਨ

  Shahmukhi script: اَسانْ

• → Salar: asan
• → Sindhi: āsān

  Arabic script: آسَانْ

  Devanagari script: आसान

  Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋝𑋠𑋑

• → Uyghur: ئاسان (asan)
• → Uzbek: oson
• → Varhadi: आसान (āsān)

Further reading

• 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

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn)

Classical Persian آسَان (āsān)bor.

Urdu آسان (āsān)

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

آسان • (āsān) (Hindi spelling आसान)

1. easy

   Synonyms: سَہَج (sahaj), سَرَل (saral)

Derived terms

• آسَانِی (āsānī)

Descendants

• → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

Further reading

• “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, 2024.