کرشن

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindustani کرشن / कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Readings
Classical reading? krišn

Proper noun[edit]

کرِشن (krešn)

  1. (obsolete) Krishna (Hindu god)
    Synonym: (modern) کریشنا (kerišnâ)
    • 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
      سری کرشن ز جام حسن خود مست، صبا آسا به سوی بن روان شد.
      sri krešn ze jâm-e hosn-e xod mast, sabâ-âsâ be suy-e ban ravân šod.
      Sri Krishna, intoxicated by the cup of his own beauty, like a breeze began moving towards Ban.

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Adjective[edit]

کرشن (kriśn) (Hindi spelling कृष्ण)

  1. black
  2. somber

Synonyms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

کرشن (kriśnm (Hindi spelling कृष्ण)

  1. Krishna
  2. A river in southern India