وانستن

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian wʾnyst, wʾn- (wānist, wān-, to conquer), from Proto-Iranian *wan- (to triumph, win), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wan-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥- (van-, to win, triumph, to overcome), Sanskrit वन् (van), English win.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wānistan
Dari reading? wānistan
Iranian reading? vânestan
Tajik reading? vonistan

Verb

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وانستن (vânestan) (present stem وان (vân))

  1. to conquer, to overcome

References

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