آموسنی

Persian

Alternative forms

وسنی (wasnī, usnī), باوسنی (bāwsnī)
اموسنی (amūsnī, amwisnī) (?)
آسی (āsī)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian or Central Iranian term descending from Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH (“co-wife”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.muːs.niː], [ʔɑːm.wis.niː]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āmūsnī, āmwisnī

Noun

آموسنی • (āmūsnī or āmwisnī)

(Classical Persian, dialectal) cowife

References

Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 134 Nr. 399
Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 185
Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 349
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آسی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 61b
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آموسنی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 101b
Vullers, Johann August (1855) “آموسنی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 53b
Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “وسنی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1424b