لانه

Not found in Middle Persian; early attestations are from Rumi, mid-1200s.

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لانه گربه ― lâne-ye gorbe ― bed for cats

لانه • (lâne)

1. home for animals:
   1. lair; den (for mammals)

      Synonym: کُنام (konâm)

   2. nest (for birds)

      Synonyms: آشیانه (âšiyâne), آشیان (âšiyân), (for birds of prey) آموت (âmut)

      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3707—3708:

        آتشی افتاد در عهد عمر
        همچو چوب خشک می‌‌خورد او حجر
        در فتاد اندر بنا و خانه‌‌ها
        تا زد اندر پر مرغ و لانه‌‌ها

        ātašē uftād dar ahd-i umar
        hamčō čōb-i xušk mē-xwarad ō xajar
        dar fitād andar binā u xāna-hā
        tā zad andar parr-i morğ u lāna-hā

        A conflagration occurred in the time of ‘Umar:
        It was devouring stones as though they were dry wood.
        It fell upon buildings and houses,
        Until [at last] it darted at the wings and nests of birds.

        (Classical Persian transliteration)

   3. house, bed (for pets)
   4. (figurative) lair, den (usually of criminal activity)

      لانه جاسوسی ― lâne-ye jâsusi ― den of spies

      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 818:

        این جهان شهوتی بتخانه‌ایست
        انبیا و کافران را لانه‌ایست

        īn jahān-i šahwatī butxāna'ē-st
        abniyā u kāfirān rā lāna'ē-st

        This world, [which is] associated with lust, is an idol-temple:
        It is a nest [abode] for the prophets and the infidels [alike].

        (Classical Persian transliteration)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press