تهی

See also: بھی and بهی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian twhyg (tuhīg, empty; vain, illusory; barren), from Proto-Iranian *tuŝyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuŝĉyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós, from *tews- (to be empty). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá).

Adjective

تهی (tohi)

  1. empty (devoid of content)
    • 1928-1980, Sohrab Sepehri, "قایقی خواهم ساخت"
      قایق از تور تهی، و دل از آرزوی مروارید
      qâyeq az tur tohi, va del az ârezu-ye morvârid
  2. hollow

Synonyms

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “twhyg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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