ایشان

Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian ایشان (ēšān, “they”).[1]

Noun

ایشان (transliteration needed)

  1. ishan

Descendants
  • Uyghur: ئىشان (ishan)
  • Uzbek: eshon

References
  1. Yijiu JIN, editor (2017), Islam‎, pages 234–235

Persian

Etymology

Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭤𐭱𐭠𐭭 (awēšān, “they”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ʃɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ʃɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ʃɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? ēšān
Dari reading? ēšān
Iranian reading? išân
Tajik reading? ešon
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Pronoun
Dari ایشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik эшон

ایشان • (išân)

  1. they (with an animate, rational referent)
  2. (literary, formal, polite) he, she

Usage notes
  • (they): This pronoun is typically only used when referring to people, or to things that are literally or figuratively animate and rational. To refer to inanimate things or irrational beings, the pronoun آن‌ها (ânhâ) is used instead.
  • (he, she): Grammatically, ایشان is a third person plural pronoun. Referring to an individual in the plural is a way of showing respect in Persian. If the pronoun is used as a subject, its verb is typically (but not always) conjugated in the third person plural.

Descendants

See also
Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)
singular plural
1st person مَن (man) ما (mâ)
2nd person familiar تو (to) شُما (šomâ)
polite شُما (šomâ)
3rd person general او (u)
اون (on)*		 آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân)
اونا (onâ)*
formal وِی (vey) ایشان (išân)
polite ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations
Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)
singular plural
1st person من (man),

مه (ma)*

 ما (mā)
2nd person familiar تو (tū) شما (šumā)
polite شما (šumā)
3rd person general او (ō),
آن (ān)		 آن‌ها (ān-hā),
آنان (ānān),
آنا (ānā)*,
اونا (ōnā)*
formal وی (way) ایشان (ēšān)
polite ایشان (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations
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