Specific Names Used for "Wind" in Rumi's Masnavi Ma'anavi

Masnavi Manavi, as the most prominent mystical poetry work of Persian literature and among the most significant works of the Iraqi Style Period, has many Arabic words. The high frequency of Arabic words in this work suggests that the use of Arabic words is a stylistic component of Rumi's poetic language in Masnavi. Rumi, being aware of the semantic capacities of Arabic words, has used them to create and express various mystical and moral meanings, compensating for the lack of Persian equivalents for conveying his various and lofty ideas. "Wind" is one of the words of Masnavi, which has gained a high frequency through Rumi's special view of the elements of nature and their maximum use in creating mystical and moral meanings, and several specific names have been used for it. This study, by applying a descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, has explored the specific names of "Wind" in the six books of Masnavi Manavi. The results reveal that Rumi used 7 specific names for "Wind" in Masnavi, all of which being derived from Arabic. In terms of frequency, these names include Saba (18 times), "Sarsar" (12 times), "Nasim" (8 times), "Samum" (7 times), "Reeh" (6 times), "Dabour" (5 times) and Shamal (3 times). Each of these specific names of "Wind" in Masnavi has several secondary meanings, among which Saba with 13 and Shamal with 2 secondary meanings, have the most and the least semantic maps and functions in Masnavi.