قاموس

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قاموس • (qâmus)

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قاموس • (qâmus)

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).


شاهد

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شاهد • (šâhed) (plural شاهدان (šâhedân) or شاهدها (šâhed-hâ) or شاهدین (šâhedin))

šâhed (romanization)
شاهدان (plural)
شاهدها (plural)
شاهدین (plural)
šâhed (romanization)
شواهد (plural)

→ Bashkir: шаһит (şahit)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शाहिद (śāhid)

Urdu: شاہد (śāhid)

→ Pashto: شاهد (šāhéd)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਹਦ (śāhad)

Shahmukhi script: شاہد (śāhid)

→ Uzbek: shohid

Borrowed from Arabic شاهِد (šāhid, “witness”).

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قاضی به دو شاهد بدهد فتوی شرع
در مذهب عشق شاهدی بس باشد

c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 44”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]:

The qadi gives the Holy Law's fatwa on [the word of] two witnesses;
In the doctrine of love, one beloved should be enough.

qāzī ba du šāhid bidahad fatwā-yi šar'
dar mazhab-i išq šāhidē bas bāšad

(archaic, literature) beauty; beautiful person; the beloved (so beautiful that their physical beauty illuminates or "testifies" to the beauty of God)


لغت

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لغت • (loğat) (plural لغتها (loğat-hâ) or لغات (loğât))

loğat (romanization)
لغتها (plural)
لغات (plural)


گلستان

→ Gujarati: ગુલિસ્તાન (gulistān)

[ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]


قرآن

قُرْآن • (qor'ân)

fa-proper noun

قُرْآن • (qor'ân)

قُرْآن (canonical)
qor'ân (romanization)

→ Bengali: কুরআন (kuran)

→ Gujarati: કુરાન (kurān)

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→ Old Hindi: कुरांन (kurāṃna /kurā̃n/)
Hindustani:
Hindi: क़ुरान (qurān)
Urdu: قُرْآن (qur-ān)
→ New Sanskrit: कुरान (kurāna), कुराण (kurāṇa)

→ Kannada: ಕುರಾನ್ (kurān)

→ Maithili: kurān, korān

Devanagari script: कुरान, कॊरान

Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒢, 𑒏𑒽𑒩𑒰𑒢

→ Malayalam: ഖുർആന് (khuṟāṉ)

→ Marathi: कुराण (kurāṇ)

→ Marwari: kurāṇ

Devanagari script: कुराण (kurāṇ)

Mahajani script: 𑅕𑅒𑅭𑅢 (kurṇ /kurāṇ/)

→ Odia: କୁରାନ (kurāna)

→ Old Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਣੁ (kurāṇu)
Punjabi: qurān
Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੁਰਾਨ
Shahmukhi script: قُرآن

→ Sindhi: qurānu

Arabic script: قُرانُ

Devanagari script: क़ुरानु

Khudawadi script: 𑊺𑋩𑋣𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣

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→ Tamil: குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)

→ Tamil: குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)

→ Telugu: ఖోరాన్ (khōrān)

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).


بهمن

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (whwmn’ /wahman/), from Old Persian *Vahumanah, name of the first Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism, guardian of cattle, in Avestan 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (vohu manah). Also showing botanical meanings in Middle Persian, from which Classical Syriac ܒܗܡܢ (bahman) and Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman) are borrowed.


شیرین

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شیرین • (širin)

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شیرین • (širin)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /šīrēn/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /šīr/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

surf

a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian


کتابخانه

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کِتابْخانِه • (ketâbxâne) (plural کتابخانهها (ketâbxâne-hâ))

کِتابْخانِه (canonical)
ketâbxâne (romanization)
کتابخانهها (plural)

→ Azerbaijani:

→ Arabic script: کتابخانه

→ Cyrillic script: китабхана

→ Latin script: kitabxana

→ Bashkir: китапхана (kitapxana)

→ Bengali: কুতুবখানা (kutubkhana)

→ Kazakh: кітапхана (kıtapxana)

→ Kyrgyz: китепкана (kitepkana)

→ Malay: kutubkhanah

→ Tatar: китапханә (kitapxanä)

→ Turkmen: kitaphana

→ Urdu: کُتُب خانَہ (kutub xānā)

→ Uyghur: كۇتۇپخانا (kutupxana)

→ Uzbek: kutubxona

From کتاب (ketâb, “book”) + خانه (xâne, “house”).

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کتابخانه درس میخوانی یا خانه؟


شاعر

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شاعر • (šâ'er) (plural شاعران (šâ'erân) or شاعرها (šâ'er-hâ) or شعرا (šo'arâ))

šâ'er (romanization)
شاعران (plural)
شاعرها (plural)
شعرا (plural)

→ Gojri: شاعِر (śāir)

→ Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शायर (śāyar)

Urdu: شَاعِر (śā'ir)

→ Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)

→ Marwari:

Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)

Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)

→ Nepali: सायर (sāyar)

→ Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)

Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)

Shahmukhi script: شاعِر (śā‘ir)

→ Rohingya: cáaer

→ Sindhi:

Arabic script: شاعِرُ

Devanagari script: शाइरु

Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)


شعر

شعر • (še'r) (plural شعرها (še'r-hâ) or اشعار (aš'âr))

še'r (romanization)
شعرها (plural)
اشعار (plural)


سوره

→ Gujarati: સૂરા (sūrā)


آهنگ

آهنگ • (âhang) (plural آهنگها (âhang-hâ))

→ Azerbaijani: ahəng

→ Georgian: ჰანგი (hangi)

→ Gujarati: આહંગ (āhaṅg)

→ Kazakh: ән (än)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: آهنك (ahenk)
Turkish: ahenk
→ Armenian: ահէնկ (ahēnk)

→ Urdu: آہنگ (āhang)

[ʔɒː.ɦæɲɡʲ̥]

From Middle Persian ʾʾhng (āhang, “pull, draught; melody”), derived from آهیختن (âhixtan, “to pull, draw out”).


غزل

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “a compliment; erotic poetry”).

bor+

(poetry) ghazal (form of lyric love poetry)


یکی بود یکی نبود

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یکی بود یکی نبود

یکی بود یکی نبود • (yeki bud yeki nabud)

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time (literally One was, one wasn't.)


ژورنالیست

ژورْنالیسْت • (žurnâlist) (plural ژورنالیستها (žurnâlist-hâ))

ژورْنالیسْت (canonical)
žurnâlist (romanization)
ژورنالیستها (plural)


شاهنامه

شاهنامه • (šâhnâme)

fa-proper noun

شاهنامه • (šâhnâme)

→ Gujarati: શાહનામું (śāhnāmũ)

→ Urdu: شاہ نامہ (śāh-nāma)

[ʃɑːɦ.nɑː.mǽ]

[ʃɑːɦ.nɑː.mǽ]

[ʃɑː.nɑː.mǽ]

[ʃɔː.nɔː.mǽ]

[ʃɒːɦ.nɒː.mé]

From Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”) + نامه (nāma, “book of”), literally “book of kings”.

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Shahnameh (an epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim invasion)


استقبال

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اِستِقبال • (esteqbâl)

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اِستِقبال • (esteqbâl)

اِستِقبال (canonical)
esteqbâl (romanization)

→ Bengali: এস্তেকবাল (estekbal)

→ Hindustani:

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Hindi: इस्तक़बाल (istaqbāl), इस्तिक़बाल (istiqbāl)

Urdu: استقبال (istiqbāl)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਤਕਬਾਲ (isatkabāl)

Shahmukhi script: استقبال (istiqbāl)

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

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اِسْتِقْبَال

(poetry) response poem (poem with same meter and rhyme as another, intended as a reply to it)


وزن

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وزن • (vazn) (plural وزنها (vazn-hâ) or اوزان (owzân))

vazn (romanization)
وزنها (plural)
اوزان (plural)


سیمرغ

سیمرغ • (simorğ)

fa-proper noun

سیمرغ • (simorğ)

Akin to Middle Persian 𐭮𐭩𐭭𐭬𐭥𐭫𐭥: synmwlw (sēn-murw).
According to folk etymology a compound of سی (si, “thirty”) and مرغ (morğ, “bird”). See also The Speech of the Birds.


سیامک

Cognate with Sanskrit श्यामक (śyāmaka, “dark-coloured, dark”).


ترانه

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ترانه • (tarâne) (plural ترانهها (tarâne-hâ))

→ Bengali: তরানা (torana)

→ Gujarati: તરાનો (tarāno)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: तराना (tarānā)

Urdu: ترانہ (tarāna)

→ Ottoman Turkish: ترانه (terane)

Turkish: terane

[t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]

[t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]

[t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]

[t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.nǽ]

[t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.né]

[t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.nǽ]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”), as songs pass through air. Compare Northern Kurdish terrane (“joke, fun”), following a different route of sense development.


ادب

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ادب • (adab) (plural آداب (âdâb) or ادبها (adab-hâ))

adab (romanization)
آداب (plural)
ادبها (plural)

Reborrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab), from Persian دب (dab); ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).


ادبیات

Kazakh: әдебиет (adebiyet)

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَبِيَّات (ʔadabiyyāt). By surface analysis, ادب (adab) + ـیات (-iyyât).


دیوان

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دیوان • (divân) (plural دیوانها (divân-hâ))

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→ Arabic: ديوان (dīwān)
Andalusian Arabic: ديوان (dīwān), *دوان (*duwān)
→ Catalan: duana
→ Portuguese: aduana
→ Spanish: aduana
→ Basque: aduana
→ Hiligaynon: aduana
→ Tagalog: adwana
→ Waray-Waray: adwana
→ Medieval Latin: doana, dogana, dovana
→ Albanian: doganë
→ Italian: dogana
→ Old French: dohanne
Middle French: doana
French: douane
→ Algerian Arabic: الدِّيوَانَة (ad_dīwāna)
→ Dutch: douane
Afrikaans: doeane
→ Indonesian: duane
→ Papiamentu: doeana
→ English: douane
Norman: douanne

→ Azerbaijani: divan

→ Bengali: দেওয়ান (deōẇan)

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→ Georgian: დივანი (divani), მდივანი (mdivani)

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→ Hindi: दीवान (dīvān)
→ English: dewan
→ Telugu: దివాను (divānu), దివాన్ (divān)

→ Malay: dewan
Indonesian: dewan

→ Ottoman Turkish: دیوان (dîvân)
Turkish: divan
→ Azerbaijani: divan
→ Czech: divan
→ French: divan
→ English: divan
→ German: Diwan
→ Portuguese: divã
→ Greek: διβάνι (diváni), ντιβάνι (ntiváni)
→ Hungarian: díván
→ Italian: divano, diwan
→ Middle Armenian: տիւան (tiwan)
Armenian: դիվան (divan)
→ Polish: dywan
→ Romanian: divan
→ Russian: дива́н (diván)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: дѝва̄н
Latin script: dìvān
→ Bulgarian: дива̀н (divàn)
→ Spanish: diván

→ Urdu: دیوان (dīvān)

→ Zazaki: diwan

From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”); see there for further information.


قصیده

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قَصیده • (qaside) (plural قَصایِد (qasâyed))

قَصیده (canonical)
qaside (romanization)
قَصایِد (plural)


ققنوس

ققنوس • (qaqnus) (plural ققنوسها (qaqnus-hâ))

qaqnus (romanization)
ققنوسها (plural)
ققنوس (singular)
qaqnus (singular)
ققنوسها (plural)
qaqnus-hấ (plural)
ققنوسا (colloquial plural)
qaqnusấ (plural)
ققنوس را (definite direct-object singular)
qaqnus râ (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوس رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
qaqnuso (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوسها را (definite direct-object plural)
qaqnus-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوسا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
qaqnusấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوس (ezafe singular)
qaqnus-e (ezafe singular)
ققنوسهای (ezafe plural)
qaqnus-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسای (colloquial ezafe plural)
qaqnusấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسی (definite relative singular)
ققنوسی (indefinite singular stressed)
qaqnus-i (definite relative singular)
qaqnus-i (indefinite singular stressed)
ققنوسهایی (definite plural relative)
ققنوسهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
ققنوسایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấi (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấi (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهایم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnus-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهام، ققنوسام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusấm (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوست (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusat (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnuset (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهایت (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnus-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهات، ققنوسات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusất (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusaš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnuseš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهایش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnus-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهاش، ققنوساش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusấš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnus-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهامون، ققنوسامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusấmun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوستان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوستون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnus-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهاتون، ققنوساتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusấtun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnus-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهاشون، ققنوساشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusấšun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسم (first-person predicative singular)
qaqnusam (first-person predicative singular)
ققنوسیم (first-person plural predicative)
qaqnusim (first-person plural predicative)
ققنوسی (predicative second-person singular)
qaqnusi (predicative second-person singular)
ققنوسید (plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusid (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوسین (colloquial plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusin (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوس است (predicative singular third-person)
qaqnus ast (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسه (colloquial predicative singular third-person)
qaqnuse (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسند (plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusand (plural predicative third-person)
ققنوسن (colloquial plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusan (plural predicative third-person)

Borrowed from Arabic قُقْنُوس (quqnūs), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).


اسفندیار

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/spandadāt/), in turn derived from Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬥𐬙𐬋𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spəntōδāta, literally “given by Amesha Spenta”).

der

a male given name, Esfandiyar, Esfandyar, or Esfandiar.


هوشنگ

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هوشنگ • (hušang)

fa-proper noun

هوشنگ • (hušang)

→ Azerbaijani: Huşəng

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: होशंग (hośaṅg)

Urdu: ہوشَنْگ (hośaṅg)

→ Ottoman Turkish: هوشَنْك (Hûşenk)

[huː.ʃæɲɡʲ̥]

From Middle Persian hwšng (Hōšang), from Old Iranian. Akin to Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (haošiiaŋha, “Haoshyangha”).


رستم

→ Arabic: رُسْتُم (rustum)

→ Azerbaijani: Rüstəm

→ Bashkir: Рөстәм (Röstəm)

→ Chagatai: رستم (Rustäm)

Uyghur: رۇستەم (rustem)

Uzbek: Rustam

→ Georgian: როსტომი (rosṭomi)

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→ Gujarati: રૂસ્તમ (rūstam), રુસ્તમ (rustam)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: रुस्तम (rustam)

Urdu: رستم (rustam)

→ Kazakh: Рүстем (Rüstem)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رستم (Rüstem)

Turkish: Rüstem

→ Albanian: Rustem

→ Russian: Рустем (Rustem)

→ Tatar: Рөстәм (Röstäm)

→ Turkmen: Rüstem

From Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from Middle Persian lwd (/rōd/, “river”, whence modern رود (rud)) and stʾhmb (/stahm/, “force, power”, whence ستم (setam, “injustice, tyranny”)), i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to Old Armenian Առոստոմ (Aṙostom), Ռոստոմ (Ṙostom), Ռաստոմ (Ṙastom), from Middle Iranian.
Firdawsī’s great epic, the Shāhnāma, gives the name a folk etymology from رستم (rastam, “I escaped”), because the hero was born by Caesarean section.

der

whence modern <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">رود</i> (rud)

a male given name, Rostam or Rustam, from Middle Persian


تهمینه

a female given name, Tahmina, Tamina, or Tahmineh


سهراب

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سهراب • (sohrâb)

fa-proper noun

سهراب • (sohrâb)

→ Armenian: Զոհրաբ (Zohrab)

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→ Georgian: ზურაბი (zurabi), ზურაბ (zurab) — other widely used form, ზურიკო (zuriḳo) — pet form, ზურა (zura) — diminutive
→ Abkhaz: Жәраб (Ẑʷrab)
→ Armenian: Զուրաբ (Zurab)

[so̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːb]

[so̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːb]

[soɦ.ɹɒ́ːb̥]


رودابه

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رودابه • (rudâbe)

fa-proper noun

رودابه • (rudâbe)

a female given name, Rudabeh, Roodabeh, or Roudabeh


زال

perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, to mature”)


مقطع

head

مقطع • (maqta') (plural مقطعها (maqta'-hâ) or مقاطع (maqâte'))

maqta' (romanization)
مقطعها (plural)
مقاطع (plural)

→ Turkish: makta

(poetry) the last line of a qasida or ghazal


جمشید

جمشید • (jamšid)

fa-proper noun

جمشید • (jamšid)

→ Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)

→ Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: جەمشید (ǰamšīd)

Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: जमशेद (jamśed)

Urdu: جمشید (jamšed)

Uzbek: Jamshid

Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)

[d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪̥]

[d͡ʒæm.ʃiːd̪̥]

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (jamšēd), a Persian formation of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (yima-xšaēta), from Proto-Iranian *yamHáh (“Yama; twin, pair”) + *xšáytah (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós.

af

a male given name, Jamshid or Jamsheed, from Middle Persian


رباعی

head

رباعی • (robâ'i) (plural رباعیات (robâ'iyyât))

[ɾu.βɑː.ˈʔiː]

[rʊ.bɑː.ʔíː]

[rʊ.bɑː.ʔíː]

[ɹo.bɒː.ʔíː]

Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), related to أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”).


کی‌قباد

کیقباد (canonical)
key-qobâd (romanization)

Bengali: কায়কোবাদ (kaẏkōbad)

Turkish: Keykubad


آرش

head

آرش • (âraš)

fa-proper noun

آرش • (âraš)


نریمان

head

نریمان • (narimân)

fa-proper noun

نریمان • (narimân)

→ Armenian: Նարիման (Nariman)

→ Gujarati: નરિમાન (narimān)

→ Ottoman Turkish: نریمان (Neriman)

Turkish: Neriman

/næɾeːˈmɒːn/

From Middle Persian (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nrymʾn (narēmān)), from Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬈⸱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵 (naⁱre.manaŋh, “manly-hearted”), compound of 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (naⁱriia, “brave, manly”) and 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵 (manaŋh, “thought, mind”).

der

𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬈⸱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵

a male given name, Nariman, Nareeman, Narreeman, Narriman, or Neriman, from Avestan


بیژن

head

بیژن • (bêžan)

fa-proper noun

بیژن • (bêžan)

a male given name, Bijan, Bizhhan, Bejan, or Bezhan, from Parthian


سلیمان

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).

bor+

a male given name, Soleyman, Soleiman, Solayman, or Sulayman, equivalent to English Solomon


گودرز

From Middle Iranian *Gōdarz, according to MacKenzie from Old Iranian *Gau-tarza- (literally “Ox-crusher”), with the constituents ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”)) and *teleǵʰ- (“to beat, to crush”) (whence Sanskrit तृह् (tṛh, “to beat, to crush”)); see Pokorny for the latter root. The stem *tarza- is not attested in Old Iranian, unless Bailey is right in seeing it in Khotanese [script needed] (ustairṣṭai, “you tore”) ← *us-tarz-.
Akin to Parthian 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆 (Gōtarz), 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆𐭊 (Gōtarzak), and the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Γωτάρζης (Gōtárzēs), Γωτέρζης (Gōtérzēs), Latin Gotarzes, Old Armenian Գոտորզ (Gotorz), Georgian გოდერძი (goderʒi) and Akkadian 𒄖𒋻𒍝𒀀 (Gu-tar-za-a /Gutarzâ/).

cog

a male given name, Goodarz, Goudarz, or Gudarz, from Middle Iranian


افراسیاب

head

افراسیاب • (afrâsiyâb)

fa-proper noun

افراسیاب • (afrâsiyâb)

→ Gujarati: અફરાસિયાબ (apharāsiyāb)

From Middle Persian plʾsy̲d̲ʾp̄' (frāsiyāb), plʾsyʾk' (frāsiyāg). Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥 (fraŋrasiian) and Old Armenian loanword Հրասեակ (Hraseak).

a male given name, Afrasiyab or Afrasiab, from Middle Persian


فرانک

Azerbaijani: Fəranək / فرانک

Turkish: Feranek

Possibly from a variant of Middle Persian plwʾnk' (parwānag). Compare Iranian borrowings Arabic فُرَانِق (furāniq, “courier's guide”) and Old Armenian Փառնակ (Pʻaṙnak).


منیژه

head

منیژه • (maniže)

fa-proper noun

منیژه • (maniže)

a female given name, Manije, Manizhe, Manizha, Manija, Manijeh, Manizheh, Manizhah, or Manijah, from Parthian


هژیر

hožir (romanization)
hažir (romanization)

a male given name, Hojir, Hozhir, Hajir, or Hazhir, from Parthian or the Iranian epic Shahnameh


سیاوش

head

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

fa-proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

desctree

→ Old Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიო (šio), სიაოშ (siaoš)
Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიოში (šioši), შიო (šio)
→ Armenian: Շիոշ (Šioš)
→ Middle Armenian: Բիուաբ (Biuab) (an incorrect transliteration due to orthographic confusion)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (syyʾwhš /siyāwaxš/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (siiāuuaršan-, literally “having black stallions”). Akin to Parthian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫢 (šyyʾwš /siyāwaš/), Khwarezmian 𐿃𐾰𐾶𐿃 (šʾwš), Elamite 𒅆𒅀𒈥𒃻 (ši-ia-mar-šá), Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš), Arabic سِيَاوَش (siyāwaš).

der

𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥-

a male given name, Siyavash, Siavash, or Syavash


سام

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćyaHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-mó-s (“black, dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬨𐬀 (sāma, “black”), Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma). Related to سیاه (siyâh, “black”), and سیاوش (siyâvaš).


سیلاس

head

سیلاس • (silâs)

fa-proper noun

سیلاس • (silâs)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σίλας (Sílas).


سهل ممتنع

From Arabic سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ).

borrowed

سَهْل مُمْتَنِع

ویژگی اصلی شعر سعدی سهل ممتنع بودن آن است.

The main feature of the poetry of Saadi is its inimitable simplicity.

Something that looks simple or easy, but difficult to imitate.

(poetry) A poem, verse, or literary work with inimitable simplicity, something that uses easy language, but is difficult to imitate; sahl-e-momtane', sahl-i-mumtani', sahl-e-mumtani', sahl-u-mumtani'.


منوچهر

desc

→ Middle Armenian: Մանուչար (Manučʻar), Մանիչար (Maničʻar)

Armenian: Մանուչար (Manučʻar)

From Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (manušciθra). Akin to Old Armenian Մանաճիհր (Manačihr), an Iranian borrowing.

a male given name, Manuchehr, Manouchehr, or Manoochehr


نثر

Coordinate term: شعر (še'r, “verse”)

تبدیل نظم به نثر

کمتر از نثر باشد آن نظمی
که بر او مدح میر زیور نیست

early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Qaṣīda 7”, in دیوان عنصری:

Worse than prose is the verse
Which is not adorned with praise for the prince.

kamtar az nasr bāšad ān nazmē
ki bar ō madh-i mīr zēwar nēst

تا سواران نظم و نثر در میدان بلاغت درآیند و جولانهای غریب نمایند، چنانکه پیشینگان را دست در خاک مالند[…]

c. 1075, Abu'l-Fażl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī, تاریخ بیهقی [Tārīkh-i Bayhaqī]:

tā sawārān-i nazm u nasr dar maydān-i balāğat dar-āyand u jawalān-hā ğarīb namāyand, čunānki pēšēnagān rā dast dar xāk māland […]


خراسانی

head

خراسانی • (xorâsâni)

fa-proper noun

خراسانی • (xorâsâni)

[xʊ.ɾɑː.sɑː.níː]

[xʊ.ɾɑː.sɑː.níː]

[xʊ.ɾɑː.sɑː.níː]


قارون

head

قارون • (qârun)

fa-proper noun

قارون • (qârun)


زلیخا

head

زُلِیخا • (zoleyxâ)

fa-proper noun

زُلِیخا • (zoleyxâ)

زُلِیخا (canonical)
zoleyxâ (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic زُلَيْخَة (zulayḵa).

bor+

من از آن حسن روزافزون که یوسف داشت دانستم، که عشق از پرده عصمت برون آرد زلیخا را

late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:

I have learnt, from that daily-increasing beauty that Joseph had, that Love will bring Zoleykha out from behind the curtain of modesty.

man az ân hosn-e ruz-afzun ke yusof dâšt dânestam, ke 'ešq az parde-ye 'esmat borun ârad zoleyxâ-râ

غنی روز سیاه پیر کنعان را تماشا کن، که نور دیده اش روشن کرد چشم زلیخا را.

c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:

Ghani, behold the darkened days of the old man of Canaan as the light of his eyes now those of Zuleikha.

ğani ruz-e siyâh-e pir-e kan'ân-râ tamâšâ kon, ke nur-e dide-aš rowšan kard čašm-e zoleyxâ-râ.

The name popularly given to Potiphar's wife, a Biblical and Quranic figure who falls in love with the enslaved Joseph and attempts to seduce him; a common character in Persian poetry.


صحنه

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صحنه (sahne, “scene”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn, “yard, field”).


طهمورث

tahmuras (romanization)
tahmures (romanization)

desc

English: Tahmooras, Tahmoorath, Tahmourath, Tahmurath, Tahmoores, Tahmouras, Tahmoures, Tahmuras, Tahmures (transliteration)

Georgian: თეიმურაზ (teimuraz), თაიმურაზ (taimuraz)

Armenian: Թամրազ (Tʻamraz)

Russian: Теймураз (Tejmuraz)

English: Teimuraz (transliteration)

Ossetian: Таймураз (Tajmuraz)

Russian: Таймура́з (Tajmuráz)

English: Taymuraz, Taimuraz (transliteration)

(Iranian mythology) Tahmooras/Tahmoorath, a mythical king mentioned in the Shahnameh.

(archaic) a male given name, Tahmooras or Tahmoores


پلان

plân (romanization)
pelân (romanization)
پلان (singular)
plân (singular)
پلانها (plural)
plân-hấ (plural)
پلانا (colloquial plural)
plânấ (plural)
پلان را (definite direct-object singular)
plân râ (definite direct-object singular)
پلان رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
plâno (definite direct-object singular)
پلانها را (definite direct-object plural)
plân-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
پلانا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
plânấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
پلان (ezafe singular)
plân-e (ezafe singular)
پلانهای (ezafe plural)
plân-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
پلانای (colloquial ezafe plural)
plânấ-ye (ezafe plural)
پلانی (definite relative singular)
پلانی (indefinite singular stressed)
plân-i (definite relative singular)
plân-i (indefinite singular stressed)
پلانهایی (definite plural relative)
پلانهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
plânấn-i, plân-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
plânấn-i, plân-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
پلانایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
پلانایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
plânấi (definite plural relative)
plânấi (indefinite plural stressed)


شات

šât (romanization)
شات (singular)
šât (singular)
شاتها (plural)
šât-hấ (plural)
شاتا (colloquial plural)
šâtấ (plural)
شات را (definite direct-object singular)
šât râ (definite direct-object singular)
شات رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
šâto (definite direct-object singular)
شاتها را (definite direct-object plural)
šât-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
شاتا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
šâtấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
شات (ezafe singular)
šât-e (ezafe singular)
شاتهای (ezafe plural)
šât-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
شاتای (colloquial ezafe plural)
šâtấ-ye (ezafe plural)
شاتی (definite relative singular)
شاتی (indefinite singular stressed)
šât-i (definite relative singular)
šât-i (indefinite singular stressed)
شاتهایی (definite plural relative)
شاتهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
šâtấn-i, šât-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
šâtấn-i, šât-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
شاتایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
شاتایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
šâtấi (definite plural relative)
šâtấi (indefinite plural stressed)

(film) A single unbroken sequence of frames.


سواد

head

سواد • (savâd) (plural سوادها (savâd-hâ))

→ Azerbaijani: savad

→ Kazakh: сауат (sauat)

→ Middle Armenian: սաւատ (sawat)

→ Kyrgyz: сабат (sabat)

→ Tatar: сәвәт (säwät), сәвад (säwad)

→ Uzbek: савод (savod)

[sä.wɔ́ːd̪̥]

[sæ.vɒ́ːd̪̥]

Saadi Shirazi
لبان لعل چون خون کبوتر -- سواد زلف چون پر پرستو

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(archaic, literature) blackness (of hair, eyes, ink, etc.)

(archaic, literature) darkness (of night, etc.)

(archaic, literature) innermost part (of heart)


روزی از روزها

روزی از روزها • (ruzi az ruz-hâ)


روزی روزگاری

روزی روزگاری • (ruzi ruzegâri)

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time


شکرشکن

From شکر (šakkar, “sugar”) + شکن (šakan-, “to break”).

compound

1315-1390, Hafez, Divan
طوطی شکرشکن
tûti-i šakkar-šakan
sweet-sounding parrot
شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند
زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود
šakkar-šakan šavand hama tûtiyân-i hind
zîn qand-i pârsî ki ba bangâla mê-ravad
All parrots of India would become sweet-sounding
Because of this Persian that is spreading to Bengal

(archaic, literature) having a mellifluous voice, sweet-sounding (especially of the beloved or birds)


سروش

head

سروش • (sorôš)

fa-proper noun

سروش • (sorôš)

→ Azerbaijani: süruş

→ Udi: соруш (soruš)

→ Urdu: سروش (saroš)

Inherited from Middle Persian slwš (/Srōš/), from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬱𐬀 (sraoša, “Sraosha”).

inh+

(Islam, poetry) A messenger angel who brings good news from God, an Islamization of the Zoroastrian figure; often considered a Persian name or title of the archangel Gabriel.


سیرک

head

سیرْک • (sirk) (plural سیرکها (sirk-hâ))

سیرْک (canonical)
sirk (romanization)
سیرکها (plural)


احشوروش

احشوروش • (ahašveroš)

fa-proper noun

احشوروش • (ahašveroš)


دارا

head

دارا • (dârâ)

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭠𐭫𐭠𐭡 (dʾlʾb /dārāy/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /dārayava(h)uš/). Compare English Darius.


حوری

desctree

→ French: houri
→ Catalan: hurí
→ English: houri
→ German: Huri


مصراع

head

مصراع • (mesrâ')

fa-noun

مصراع • (mesrâ')

(poetry) hemistich; half of a بیت (beyt, “line of verse”)


شیردال

head

شیردال • (šêrdâl)

fa-noun

شیردال • (šêrdâl)

desc

→ Arabic: شِيرْدَال (šīrdāl)

→ Arabic: شِيرْدَال (šīrdāl)

[ʃeːɾ.ˈdɑːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]

[ʃiːɹ.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/šēr/, “lion”) + [Term?] (/dāl/, “eagle”).


حماسه‌سرا

head

حَماسهسَرایان

حَماسهسَرا • (hamâse-sarâ) (plural حَماسهسَرایان (hamâse-sarâyân))

fa-noun

حَماسهسَرایان

حَماسهسَرا (canonical)
hamâse-sarâ (romanization)
حَماسهسَرایان (plural)

[ʔä.mɑː.sä.sä.ɾɑː]

[ʔä.mɔː.sä.sä.ɾɔː]

حَماسه (hamâse, “epic”) + سَرا (sarâ, present stem of سُرودَن (sorudan, “to compose”)).

af

present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">سُرودَن</i> (sorudan, “to compose”)


سبک خراسانی

head

سَبکِ خُراسانی

سَبکِ خُراسانی • (sabk-e xorâsâni)

fa-noun

سَبکِ خُراسانی

سَبکِ خُراسانی • (sabk-e xorâsâni)

سَبکِ خُراسانی (canonical)
sabk-e xorâsâni (romanization)

the "Khorasani style" of Persian poetry: the earliest style of New Persian verse, associated with poets from Khorasan and Transoxiana of the ninth to the twelfth centuries (such as Rudaki or Ferdowsi) and characterized by a rarity of Arabic loanwords


سبک هندی

سَبکِ هِندی (canonical)
sabk-e hendi (romanization)

[säb.kʰɪ ʔɪn̪.d̪íː]

the "Indian style" of Persian poetry: the third style of New Persian verse from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, characterized by extravagant use of language and often associated with poets working under the patronage of the Mughals and other South Asian rulers; in modern Iran, it is often criticized for purple prose


سبک عراقی

head

سَبکِ عِراقی

سَبکِ عِراقی • (sabk-e 'erâqi)

fa-noun

سَبکِ عِراقی

سَبکِ عِراقی • (sabk-e 'erâqi)

سَبکِ عِراقی (canonical)
sabk-e 'erâqi (romanization)

[säb.kʰɪ ʔɪ.ɾɑː.qíː]

[säb.kʰɪ ʔɪ.ɾɑː.qíː]

[säb.kʰɪ ʔɪ.ɾɑː.qíː]

[sæb.kʰʲe ʔe.ɹɒː.ʁíː]

the "Iraqi style" of Persian poetry: the second style of New Persian verse from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, characterized by greater use of specialized vocabulary and mystical themes and exemplified by poets from western Iran such as Sa'adi and Hafez


معما

head

مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))

مُعَمّا (canonical)
mo'ammâ (romanization)
معماها (plural)
مُعَمّات (plural)

→ Azerbaijani: müəmma

→ Ottoman Turkish: معما (mu'ammâ)

Turkish: muamma

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).

bor+

(poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues


راوی

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راوی • (râvi) (plural رواة (ravât) or راویان (râviyân))

râvi (romanization)
رواة (plural)
راویان (plural)

(literature) narrator (of a novel, etc.)


شاعره

شاعره • (šâ'ere)

fa-noun

شاعره • (šâ'ere)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शायरा (śāyrā)

Urdu: شَاعِرَہ (śā'ira)

[ʃɑː.ʔi.ˈɾa]

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِرَة (šāʕira). By surface analysis, شاعر (šâ'er) + ـه (-e).


سرکس

Borrowed from English circus, possibly via Urdu سَرْکَس (sarkas).


دوبلاژ

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دوبلاژ • (dublâž)

fa-noun

دوبلاژ • (dublâž)

[duːβ.ˈlɑːʒ]


گشتاسپ

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گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

fa-proper noun

گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

desc

→ Arabic: كُشْتَاسْب (kuštāsb), كُشْتَاسْف (kuštāsf)

→ Azerbaijani: Güştasp

→ Gujarati: ગુશતાસ્પ (guśtāsp)

→ Ottoman Turkish: كشتاسب (Güştâsb)

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡuʃ.t̪ʰɔ́ːsp]

[ɡ̥oʃ.t̪ʰɒ́ːsp]


کتایون

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کتایون • (katâyun)

fa-proper noun

کتایون • (katâyun)

→ Azerbaijani: Kətayun

desctree

→ Georgian: ქეთევანი (ketevani), ქეთინო (ketino), ქეთი (keti)
→ Armenian: Քեթևան (Kʻetʻewan)
→ Ossetian: Кетеван (Ketevan)
→ Russian: Кетева́нь (Ketevánʹ)

→ Ottoman Turkish: كتایون (Ketâyûn)

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰʲæ.t̪ʰɒː.júːn]

(Iranian mythology) Katayun (wife of Goshtasp)


ترکیب‌بند

ترکیببند (canonical)
tarkib-band (romanization)

[t̪ʰæɹ.kʰʲiːb.bǽn̪d̪̥]

From تَرْکِیب (tarkib, “combination”) + بَنْد (band, “link, bond”).

af

ترجیعبند ترجیعبند#Persian

(poetry) A form of classical Persian poetry, composed of multiple stanzas which each have their own rhyme, with a different rhyming couplet between each stanza. When the same couplet is repeated like a refrain between every stanza instead of there being a different couplet between each stanza, it is called a ترجیعبند (tarji'-band) instead.


حماسه

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حماسه • (hamâse)

fa-noun

حماسه • (hamâse)

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاسَة (ḥamāsa, “enthusiasm”), in reference to the Kitāb al-Ḥamāsa or Book of Enthusiasm, a ninth-century collection of early Arabic epic poems. However, the term was coined recently. Classical poets classified poetry according to rhyme rules and not content; all epic poems would then belong to the مثنوی (masnavi) form, but that includes all narrative poems (e.g. romances) and not just epics.


هفت اورنگ

[häft̪ ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

[häft̪ ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

[ʔäft̪ ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

[ʔäft̪ ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ̥]

[hæft̪ ʔow.ɹǽɲɡʲ̥]

[häft̪ ʔäw.ɾǽŋɡ]

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hṕtwlng /haftōring/, “the Big Dipper”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬧𐬔𐬀 (haptōⁱriṇga), compound of 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (hapta, “seven”) + Avestan -𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬧𐬔𐬀 (-iriṇga, apparently "sign", cognate with Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga)): "[constellation of] seven signs".
However, reanalyzed in New Persian as هفت (haft, “seven”) + اورنگ (owrang, “throne”): "[constellation of] the Seven Thrones".

cog

apparently "sign", cognate with Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">लिङ्ग</i> (liṅga)

af

Haft Awrang, the seven masnavis of the fifteenth-century poet Jami


فیلمنامه

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فیلمنامه • (filmnâme)

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فیلمنامه • (filmnâme)

فیلم (film, “film”) + نامه (nâme, “(in compounds) book”).


فرنگیس

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

[fæ.ɹæɲ.ɡʲíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

A very early manuscript error—influenced by فرنگ (farang, “European”)?—in the Shahnameh for *فریگیس (farīgīs), attested as فَرِيكِيس (farīkīs) in an early translation of the Shahnameh into Arabic. *فریگیس (farīgīs) is itself from a reversal of the constituents of Middle Persian [Term?] (/wispān-fryā/), from Old Median *vispafryā (literally “she who is dear to all”).


ردیف

→ English: radif


مناظره

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مناظره • (monâzare or monâzere) (plural مناظرات (monâzarât))

monâzare (romanization)
monâzere (romanization)
مناظرات (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاظَرَة (munāẓara).

bor+

(poetry) poetic disputation (a genre of poetry)


دستان

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دستان • (dastân)

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

[d̪æs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Iranian mythology) Alternative name of the hero زال (zâl).


حماسی

fa-adj

حماسی • (hamâsi)

[ʔä.mɑː.síː]

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاسِيّ (ḥamāsiyy).


سیاهی لشکر

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سیاهی لشکر • (siyâhi laškar)

fa-noun

سیاهی لشکر • (siyâhi laškar)

[si.jɒː.ɦíː.læʃ.kʰʲǽɹ]

From سیاهی لشکر (siyâhi-ye laškar, “large military host; multitude of troops”).

فیلمهایی که بیشترین سیاهی لشکر را داشتند

the films which featured the most extras

filmhâyi ke bištarin siyâhi laškar râ dâštand

(cinematography) extra, background actor