# آسان
## Baluchi
### Adjective

آسان • (ásán)
* easy

## Kalami
### Etymology

Probably from Hindustani آسَانْ (āsān) / आसान (āsān).

### Adjective

آسان (āsān) m
* easy

## Khalaj
### Adjective

آسان (âsân)
* Arabic spelling of âsân (“easy”)

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* آسون (âsun) (colloquial)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/). Compare Northern Kurdish hêsan.
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Looks a bit like a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satisfy”).”

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑː.ˈsɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑː.sɑ́ːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔː.sɔ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒː.sɒ́ːn]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [ʔɒː.súːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔ.sɔ́n]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

| Dari | آسان |
| Iranian Persian | آسان |
| Tajik | осон |
آسان • (âsân) (comparative آسان‌تَر (âsân-tar), superlative آسان‌تَرین (âsân-tarin))
* easy
    Synonyms: ساده (sâde), راحت (râhat), خوار (xwâr), سهل (sahl)
    Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (došvâr)
    آیا فکر می‌کنید که کردی از فارسی آسان‌تر است؟ (literary)âyâ fekr mi-konid ke kordi az fârsi âsân--tar ast?Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?
    فک می‌کنین که کردی از فارسی آسون‌تره؟ (colloquial)fek mi-konin ke kordi az fârsi âsun--tar-e?Do you think Kurdish is easier than Persian?
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2947:راههای صعب پایان برده‌ایم، ره بر اهل خویش آسان کرده‌ایمrâh-hâ-ye sa'b pâyân borde-'im, rah bar ahl-e xiš âsân karde-'im.We have brought the hard ways to an end; we have made the way easy for our own people.
** late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “الا یا ایها الساقی (Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کأسا و ناولها، که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکل‌هاalâ yâ 'ayyoha-s-sâqi ader ka'san va nâvelhâ, ke 'ešq âsân nemûd avval vali 'oftâd moškelhâʼalā yā ʼayyuha-s-sāqī ʼadir kaʼsan wa-nāwilhā [Arabic: "Come, o wine-pourer! Circulate a cup and pass it"], since love seemed easy at first, but soon difficulties occurred.
** c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:دست از جان شستن آسان است در شب‌های هجر، می‌توان چون شمع خون خود به رنگ آب ریخت.dast az jân šostan âsân ast dar šab-hâ-ye hejr, mi-tavân čun šam' xun-e xod be rang-e âb rixt.Washing hands of life is easy in the nights of separation. Like the candle one can shed one's blood soundlessly.

#### Derived terms

(verbs)
* آسان شدن (âsân šodan, “to be eased”)
* آسان کردن (âsân kardan, “to facilitate”)
* آسان گرفتن (âsân gereftan, “to consider as easy”)
(others)
* آسان کار (âsân-kâr, “skillful”)
* آسان گذار (âsân-gozâr, “easy-going”)
* آسان گشا (âsân-gošâ, “easy to solve”)
* آسان گیر (âsân-gir, “acquirable, accessible”)
* آسانی (âsâni, “ease, convenience”)

#### Descendants

* → Ahirani: आसान (āsān)
* → Azerbaijani: asan
* → Bengali: আসান (aśan)
* → Dogri: āsān
    Devanagari script: आसान
    Dogra script: 𑠁𑠩𑠬𑠝
* → Gojri: اسان (asān)
* → Gujarati: આસાન (āsān)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आसान (āsān)
    Urdu: آسَانْ (āsān)
*   * → Kalami: آسان (āsān)
* → Khalaj: âsân
* → Maithili: āsān
    Devanagari script: आसान
    Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒮𑒰𑒢
* → Malvi: आसान (āsān)
* → Marathi: आसान (āsān)
* → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: आसान
    Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅰𑅧 (asn)
* → Ottoman Turkish: آسان (asan)
** Turkish: asan
* → Punjabi: asān
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਸਾਨ
    Shahmukhi script: اَسانْ
* → Salar: asan
* → Sindhi: āsān
    Arabic script: آسَانْ
    Devanagari script: आसान
    Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋝𑋠𑋑
* → Uyghur: ئاسان (asan)
* → Uzbek: oson
* → Varhadi: आसान (āsān)

### Further reading

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آسان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آسان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسَان (āsān).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑː.sɑːn/
* (Punjabic Urdu) IPA: /ə.sɑːn/
* Hyphenation: آ‧سَا‧نْ
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Adjective

آسان • (āsān) (Hindi spelling आसान)
* easy
    Synonyms: سَہَج (sahaj), سَرَل (saral)

#### Derived terms

* آسَانِی (āsānī)

#### Descendants

* → Kalami: آسان (āsān)

### Further reading

* “آسان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “āsān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 47
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آسان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 10
* “آسان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.