مارس

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مارس • (mârs)

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مارس • (mârs)

Borrowed from French Mars, from Latin Mārs.


جنس

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جنس • (jens) (plural اجناس (ajnâs) or جنسها (jens-hâ))

jens (romanization)
اجناس (plural)
جنسها (plural)


قطب

قطب • (qotb) (plural قطبها or اقطاب (aqtâb))

qotb (romanization)
قطبها (plural)
اقطاب (plural)

(Sufism) saint; specifically, a high-ranking saint considered the "pole of the world".


عقرب

عقرب • (aqrab) (plural عقربها (aqrab-hâ))


بیخودی

From بیخود (bixod, “selfless”) + ـی (-i).

(Sufism) selflessness (More than mere selflessness, it describes a state of ecstasy and joyous intoxication resulting from a state of unity with God.)


کی

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /kay/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), from Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. The visionary poets of the Avesta were mistakenly interpreted as ancient kings by the Sasanian Zoroastrian priests.

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(Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty.


ناهید

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ناهید • (nâhid)

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ناهید • (nâhid)

nâhid (romanization)
اناهید (alternative)
آناهیتا (alternative)

→ Gujarati: નાહીદ (nāhīd)

[nɒː.ɦiːd̪̥]

From earlier اَنَاهِید (anāhīd), from Middle Persian ʾnʾhyt' (anāhīd). Cognate with Northern Kurdish Nehîda, Nehî and Central Kurdish ناهیە (nahye), ناهێ (nahê).

planets of the Solar System: سیارههای منظومه شمسی: تیر · ناهید · زمین · مریخ · مشتری · زحل · اورانوس · نپتون [edit]


حال

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حال • (hāl /hâl) (plural حالات (hālāt /hâlât) or احوال (ahwāl /ahvâl))

hāl (romanization)
hâl (romanization)
حالات (plural)
احوال (plural)

→ Hindi: हाल (hāl)

→ Punjabi: ਹਾਲ (hāl)

→ Urdu: حال (hāl)

(including Sufism) ecstatic or mystical state

condition; state
ecstatic or mystical state


ولی

ولی • (walī /vali) (plural اولیاء (awliyā' /owliyâ'))

walī (romanization)
vali (romanization)
اولیاء (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w l y).

هر که خواهد همنشینی خدا
تا نشیند در حضور اولیا

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2163:

Whoever wishes to sit with God,
let him sit in the presence of the saints.

har ki xwāhad hamnišīnī-i xudā
tā nišinad dar hozūr-i awliyā


روش

rawiš (romanization)
raveš (romanization)
روشها (plural)

→ Uzbek: ravish

→ Uyghur: رەۋىش (rewish)

From رو (raw /row, present stem of رفتن (raftan, “to go”)) + ـش (-iš /-eš).

af

present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">رفتن</i> (raftan, “to go”)

(Sufism) levels of the mystical journey towards God


کشف

→ Gujarati: કશફ (kaśaph)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas
Proto-Iranian *kacyápah
Persian کَشَف
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kšwk' /kašawag/, “tortoise”), from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah. Cognate with Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

etymon

کَشَف


پری

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پری • (pari) (plural پریان (pariyān) or پریها)

pari (romanization)
پریان (plural)
پریها (plural)

Azerbaijani: pəri

→ Bengali: পরী (pori)

Chagatai: پری

Uyghur: پەرى (peri)

Uzbek: pari

→ Gujarati: પરી (parī)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: परी (parī)

Urdu: پری (parī)

Kazakh: пері (perı)

Northern Kurdish: perî

Southern Kurdish: پەری (perî)

Kyrgyz: пери (peri)

Malay: peri

Indonesian: peri (“fairy”)

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Ottoman Turkish: پری (peri)
Turkish: peri
→ Albanian: perri
→ Armenian: փերի (pʻeri)
→ Crimean Tatar: peri
→ English: peri
→ French: péri
→ Georgian: ფერია (peria)
→ Russian: пе́ри (péri)

Pashto: پري (pari)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਪਰੀ (parī)

Shahmukhi script: پری (parī)

Sindhi: پري (parī)

Tajik: парӣ (pari)

Tatar: пәри (päri)

Turkmen: peri

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plyk' /parīg/, “witch”), ultimately from Old Persian *parikā. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian pryg (pryg), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “sorceress, witch”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “female demoness”) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), an Iranian borrowing. Connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), and from Indo-European root *pelē- ‘to fill,’ Latin plēnus ‘full.’ Middle Persian parīg, Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), Latin parcae (“fates”), Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás, “youth, maiden”), Sanskrit पारक्य (pārakya, “strange, alien”). Pokorny derives this from Proto-Indo-European *parīkā (“concubine”).

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دیوسان دیوسان#Persian

(Iranian mythology) sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian mythology opposed to دیوسان (daemon) and دیو (daeva); peri.

(mythology) witch (parika in Avestan mythology)


پیر

→ Azerbaijani: pir

→ Bengali: পীর (pīr)

→ English: pir

→ Saraiki: پیر (pīr)

→ Sylheti: ꠙꠤꠞ (fir)

→ Urdu: پیر (pīr)

From Middle Persian 𐬞𐬌𐬭 (pyl /pīr/, “old, aged, ancient”), from Proto-Iranian *paru- (“ash-gray, pale gray, hoary”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parHušás (“gray”); compare Sanskrit परुष (paruṣa, “spotted, rough”) and English pale.


هما

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هما • (homâ)

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هما • (homâ)

From earlier همای (homây), from Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy).

بازم و حیران شود در من هما
جغد که بود تا بداند سر ما

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1161:

I am a falcon, and (yet) the humá becomes lost in amazement at me:
who is an owl, that it should know my secret?

bāz-am u hayrān šawad dar man humā
juğd ki buwad tā bi-dānad sirr-i mā


میدان

Tajik: майдон (maydon)

→ Uzbek: maydon

→ Assamese: ময়দান (moyodan)

→ Azerbaijani: meydan

→ Braj: मैदान (maidān)

→ Middle Bengali: ময়দান (moẏdan)

Bengali: ময়দান (moẏdan)

→ Dhivehi: މައިޒާން (maizān̊)

→ Dogri: madān

Devanagari script: मदान

Dogra script: 𑠢𑠛𑠬𑠝

→ Georgian: მოედანი (moedani)

→ Gojri: میدان (maidān)

→ Gujarati: મેદાન (medān)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: मैदान (maidān)

Urdu: مَیْدَانْ (maidān)

→ Kannada: ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna)

→ Kashmiri: mạ̄dān

Arabic script: مٲدان

Devanagari script: मऻदान

Sharada script: 𑆩𑆳𑆢𑆳𑆤𑇀

→ Kazakh: майдан (maidan)

→ Konkani:

Devanagari script: मैदान (maidān)

Kannada script: ಮಯ್ದಾನ್

Latin script: moidan

→ Kumyk: майдан (maydan)

→ Lezgi: майдан (majdan)

→ Maithili: medān

Devanagari script: मॆदान

Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒺𑒠𑒰𑒢

→ Malayalam: മൈദാനം (maidānaṁ)

→ Malvi: मेदान (medān)

→ Marathi: maidān

Devanagari script: मैदान

Modi script: 𑘦𑘺𑘟𑘰𑘡

→ Marwari:

Devanagari script: मैदान (maidān)

Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅑𑅥𑅧 (midn)

→ Nepali: मैदान (maidān)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: میدان (meydân)
Turkish: meydan
→ Albanian: mejdan
→ Aromanian: migdane, migdãni, miydane
→ Bulgarian: мегда́н (megdán)
→ Crimean Tatar: meydan
→ Czech: mejdan
→ Greek: μεϊντάνι (meïntáni)
→ Macedonian: мегдан (megdan)
→ Romanian: maidan
→ Serbo-Croatian: mègdān / мѐгда̄н, mèjdān / мѐјда̄н
→ Tatar: мәйдан (mäydan)

→ Odia: ମଇଦାନ (maidāna)

→ Old Punjabi: ਮੈਦਾਨੁ (maidānu)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān), ਮਦਾਨ (madān)
Shahmukhi script: مَیدان (maidān)

→ Sindhi: maidānu

Arabic script: مَيدانُ

Devanagari script: मैदानु

Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋦𑋏𑋠𑋑𑋣

→ Telugu: మైదానము (maidānamu)

→ Ukrainian: майдан (majdan) (via a Turkic language)

→ Uyghur: مەيدان (meydan)

→ Uzbek: maydon

→ Khorezmian Turkic: ميدان (mäydan)

→ Zazaki: meydan

Borrowed from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing. Doublet of میان (miyân).

(Sufism, uncommon) stage of the mystical path


کرگدن

kargadan (romanization)
کرگدنها (plural)
کرگ (alternative archaic)
کرگندن (alternative archaic)

→ Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)

→ Azerbaijani: kərgədan

→ Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkəḏānā)

→ Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)

→ Crimean Tatar: kerkedan

→ Gujarati: કરગદન (karagdan)

→ Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ (kargadang)

→ Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: kergeden

Central Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Southern Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Laki: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

→ Lak: каргадан (kargadan)

→ Mazanderani: کرگردن (kərgadən)

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→ Middle Armenian: քարկարտան (kʻarkartan), քարկանտան (kʻarkantan)

→ Tatar: кәркедән (kärkedän)

→ Turkish: gergedan

→ Turkmen: kerk (from کرگ (karg))

→ Uyghur: كەركىدان (kerkidan)

→ Uzbek: karkidon

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰʲæɹ.ɡʲæ.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (klg /karg/, “rhinoceros; horn”) + [script needed] (-dʾn' /-dān/, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”).
Compare Arabic كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan, “rhinoceros”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “a female rhinoceros”).


نفس

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نفس • (nafs) (plural نفسها or نفوس (nofus))

nafs (romanization)
نفسها (plural)
نفوس (plural)

(usually Islam, Sufism) soul, psyche, spirit, mind (split into multiple categories in Sufi psychology)

یار از برای نفس گرفتن طریق نیست
ما نفْس خویشتن بکُشیم از برای یار

c. 1260, Saʿdī, دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]:

It is not the way to have a lover for the sake of concupiscence;
We kill our carnal soul for the sake of the lover.

yār az barā-yi nafs giriftan tarīq nēst
mā nafs-e xwēštan bikušēm az barā-yi yār

(usually Islam, Sufism) the carnal soul, the id, concupiscence


سیمرغ

سیمرغ • (sīmurġ /simorġ) (Tajik spelling Симурғ)

sīmurġ (romanization)
simorġ (romanization)
spelling Симурғ (Tajik)

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


سیامک

siyâmak (romanization)
سیا (alternative)

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


دول

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dōl, “bucket; Aquarius”) of Semitic origin, compare Arabic دلو (dalw), Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā), Akkadian 𒁕𒇻 (/dalū, dūlu/, “bucket”). Akin to Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl).


مقدمه

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مقدمه • (moqaddame) (plural مقدمات (moqaddamât))

moqaddame (romanization)
مقدمات (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَدَّمَة (muqaddama), the passive equivalent of the active participle مُقَدِّمَة (muqaddima).

bor+

Coordinate term: نتیجه (natije)


شیء

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شیء • (šay' /šey') (plural اشیاء or شیءها)

šay' (romanization)
šey' (romanization)
اشیاء (plural)
شیءها (plural)
شی (alternative)

شیء فیزیکی

شیء ریاضی

(physics, mathematics, computer science, philosophy) object


مازندران

مازندران • (mâzandarân)

fa-proper noun

مازندران • (mâzandarân)

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɔː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɔ́ːn]

[mɒː.zæn̪.d̪æ.ɹɒ́ːn]

Literally, “the gate or the valley of the giants” from مازن (mâzan) + در (dar) + ـان (-ân), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”). The name has been used in Shahnameh to refer to a land inhabited by divs (daevas) and sorcerers and is difficult to conquer. On the other hand, after Muslim invasion of Persia, the region of Tabaristan remained unconquered for a relatively long period of time, which was later called (and mistaken for) Mazandaran.

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(Iranian mythology) Mazandaran (a land mentioned in Shahnameh and Avesta)


خلق

→ Chagatai: خلق

Uyghur: خەلق (xelq)

Uzbek: xalq

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: ख़लक़ (xalq)

Urdu: خلق (xalq)

→ Kazakh: халық (xalyq)

→ Kyrgyz: калк (kalk)

→ Pashto: خلک (xalk)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਖਲਕ (khalak)

Shahmukhi script: خلق (xalq)

→ Sindhi:

Arabic script: خَلْقُ (xalqu)

Devanagari script: ख़ल्क़ु (xalqu)

→ Turkmen: halk

Etymology tree
Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq)bor.
Persian خلق
Borrowed from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq).

etymon

جمهوری خلق چین

the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China]]

حزب دموکراتیک خلق افغانستان

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan


اسفندیار

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


رند

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رِند • (rend) (plural رِندان (rendân) or رُنود (ronud))

رِند (canonical)
rend (romanization)
رِندان (plural)
رُنود (plural)

→ Azerbaijani: rind

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→ Armenian: ռինդ (ṙind), ռինտ (ṙint), ըռինտ (əṙint), ռընդ (ṙənd), ռունդ (ṙund), ռունտ (ṙunt), ռոնտ (ṙont), ըռունդ (əṙund), էրոնդ (ērond), էրանդ (ērand)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رند (rind)

Turkish: rint

Unknown. The Arabic broken plural is unetymological. Akin to Northern Kurdish rind.

عاشق و رند و نظربازم و میگویم فاش
تا بدانی که به چندین هنر آراستهام

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 311”, in The Divān of Hafez:

I am lover and rogue and ogler, and I say so out loud
So that you might know with how many skills I am graced.

'âšiq u rind u nazarbâz-am u mê-gûyam fâš
tâ bidânî ki ba čandîn hunar ârâsta-am

(poetic, Sufism) someone who seems morally debauched, but is pure at heart and superior to those who blindly follow social norms


عرض

عَرَض (canonical)
'araz (romanization)
اَعراض (plural)

Coordinate term: جوهر (jowhar)

(philosophy) accident, form (as opposed to substance)


هوشنگ

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هوشنگ • (hušang)

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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”).


فرهاد

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فرهاد • (farhâd)

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فرهاد • (farhâd)

Azerbaijani: Fərhad

Bengali: ফরহাদ (fôrhad)

Turkish: Ferhat

Uyghur: پەرھات (perhat)

[fäɾ.hɑ́ːd̪]

[fäɾ.hɑ́ːd̪]

[fä.ɾɔ́ːd̪̥]

[fæɹ.hɒ́ːd̪̥]

From Parthian 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 (prht /frahāt/), itself from Old Iranian *frahāta- (literally “gained, earned”). Compare Old Armenian Հրահատ (Hrahat), Classical Syriac ܐܦܪܗܛ ('prht), Ancient Greek Ἀφραάτης (Aphraátēs), Φραάτης (Phraátēs) (from which Phraātēs), Φραδάτης (Phradátēs), Iranian borrowings.

(Iranian mythology) the unrequited lover of the princess Shirin in the medieval romance Khosrow and Shirin


میلاد

milâd (romanization)
mêlâd (romanization)

Through regular sound change from Old Persian *Miθradātah. See also مهرداد (mehrdâd).

a male given name, Milad
(Persian mythology) a hero in Shahnameh

a male given name, Milad
a hero in Shahnameh


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.

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

(Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology


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]


آناهیتا

head

آناهیتا • (ânâhitâ)

fa-proper noun

آناهیتا • (ânâhitâ)

ânâhitâ (romanization)
اناهیتا (alternative)
اناهید (alternative)
ناهید (alternative)
اناهیته (alternative)

[ʔɑː.nɑː.hiː.ˈtɑː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.jiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɔː.nɔː.ji.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

[ʔɒː.nɒː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

[ʔɔ.nɔ.ɦi.t̪ʰɔ́]

Learned borrowing from Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫 (Anahita).


رودابه

head

رودابه • (rudâbe)

fa-proper noun

رودابه • (rudâbe)


زال

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


فریدون

feraydun (romanization)
افریدون (alternative archaic)
آفریدون (alternative archaic)

desc

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܝܕܘܿܢ (frāydōn)

→ Turkish: Feridun

→ Azerbaijani: Firudin

From Middle Persian plytwn' (Frēdōn), from Proto-Iranian *Θraitauna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (θraētaona), Lurish فرێدۆ (ferıdø). Akin to Old Armenian Հրուդէն (Hrudēn), a Parthian loanword.

(Iranian mythology) Fereydun/Fredon, Thraitauna/Thraetaona


جمشید

head

جمشید • (jamšid)

fa-proper noun

جمشید • (jamšid)

→ Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)

→ Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)

→ Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: جەمشید (ǰamšīd)

Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)

→ Hindustani: jamśed

Hindi: जमशेद

desc

Urdu: جَمْشید

Urdu: جَمْشید

→ Mewati: जमसेद (jamsed)

→ Uzbek: Jamshid

[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”) + *xšaytah (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós.


انسان کامل

head

انسان کامل • (ensân-e kâmel)

fa-noun

انسان کامل • (ensân-e kâmel)

desc

Ottoman Turkish: انسان كامل (insan-ı kâmil)

Turkish: insan-ı kâmil

Urdu: انسان کامل (insān-i kāmil)


کی‌قباد

کیقباد (canonical)
key-qobâd (romanization)
کیقباد (alternative)

Bengali: কায়কোবাদ (kaẏkōbad)

Turkish: Keykubad


زایچه

head

زایچه • (zâyče) (plural زایچهها)

fa-noun

زایچه • (zâyče) (plural زایچهها)

Arabic: زَايْجَة (zāyja)

Ottoman Turkish: زیج (zâyiçe)

Turkish: zayiçe

Tatar: зайичә (zayiçä)

Urdu: زائچہ (zaicha)


بیژن

head

بیژن • (bêžan)

fa-proper noun

بیژن • (bêžan)


حالت

head

حالت • (hâlat) (plural حالتها or حالات (hâlât))

hâlat (romanization)
حالتها (plural)
حالات (plural)

→ Bengali: হালত (halot)

→ Hindi: हालत (hālat)

→ Punjabi: ਹਾਲਤ (hālat)

→ Urdu: حالَت (hālat)

دلا خوبا جفا کن ز آنکه در عشق رخ خوبان
وفا دیباچه هجرست و حالت در جفا بودست

c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 118:

O heart, o beauty! Make me suffer, because in the love for the faces of beauties
Loyalty is the preface to separation, and there has been rapture in suffering.

dilā xūbā jafā kun zi ānki dar išq-i rux-i xūbān
wafā dībāča-yi hajr ast u hālat dar jafā būdast

(including Sufism) rapture, spiritual ecstasy


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/).


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).


فرانک

farânak (romanization)
فرانه (alternative)

Azerbaijani:

Latin script: Fəranək

Arabic script: 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)


هژیر

hožir (romanization)
hažir (romanization)


سنبله

Borrowed from Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula).


هیولا

head

هیولا • (hayulâ)

fa-noun

هیولا • (hayulâ)

Borrowed from Arabic هَيُولَى (hayūlā), from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē). "Primitive formless base of matter" > "monster, bizarre and supernatural creature".

نه سخن کون و نه ذکر مکان
نه ز هیولا وز صورت نشان
نام سما و لقب ارض نه
عمق نه و طول نه و عرض نه

Not talk about being, nor mention of space;
Nor a discussion of essence and of form;
Nor the name of heaven and the title of the earth,
Nor of depth, nor of length, nor of width.

na suxan-i kawn u na zikr-i makān
na zi hayūlā w-az surat nišān
nām-i samā u laqab-i arz na
umq na u tūl na u arz na

(original sense, alchemy, Greek philosophy) prima materia


سیاوش

head

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

fa-proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

siyâvaš (romanization)
سیاووش (alternative archaic)
سیاوخش (alternative archaic)

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-


منوچهر

desc

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

Armenian: Մանուչար (Manučʻar)

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


آتنا

head

آتنا • (âtenâ)

fa-proper noun

آتنا • (âtenâ)

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɔː.t̪ʰi.nɔː]

[ʔɒː.t̪ʰe.nɒː]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

(Greek mythology) Athena (goddess of wisdom)


محو

(Sufism) absorption of the human self into God


توجه

head

تَوَجُّه • (tavajjoh) (plural تَوَجُّهات (tavajjohât))

تَوَجُّه (canonical)
tavajjoh (romanization)
تَوَجُّهات (plural)

→ Gujarati: તવજ્જોહ (tavajjoh)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: तवज्जो (tavajjo)

Urdu: تَوَجُّہ (tavajjo)

→ Punjabi: tavajjo

Gurmukhi script: ਤਵੱਜੋ

Shahmukhi script: تَوَجّو

→ Sindhi:

Arabic script: تَوَجَهَ

Devanagari script: तवज्जह

[t̪ʰä.wäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒo̞ʱ]

[t̪ʰä.wäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒo̞ʱ]

[t̪ʰä.wäd͡ʒ.d͡ʒʊ]

[t̪ʰæ.væd͡ʒ.d͡ʒoʱ]

[t̪ʰä.väd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɵʰ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَجُّه (tawajjuh).

bor+

(Sufism) inward concentration on God or a spiritual master


اورانوس

head

اورانوس • (urânus)

fa-proper noun

اورانوس • (urânus)

From Latin Uranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós).


قارن

head

قارن • (qâran)

fa-proper noun

قارن • (qâran)

Ultimately from Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /Kārēn/), whence also Old Armenian Կարէն (Karēn).

(Iranian mythology) Qaren, an Iranian paladin, a character in Shahnameh


گزاره

head

گزاره • (gozâre)

fa-noun

گزاره • (gozâre)

[ɡ̥o.zɒː.ɹé]

From گزار (gozâr, “present stem of گزاردن”) + ـه (-e).


زاوش

head

زَاوُشْ • (zâvoš)

fa-proper noun

زَاوُشْ • (zâvoš)

زَاوُشْ (canonical)
zâvoš (romanization)
زَاوُوشْ (alternative)

Derived from Avestan 𐬛𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 (dyaoš), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús), Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (Sius).


طهمورث

tahmuras (romanization)
tahmures (romanization)
تهمورث (alternative)

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.


هویت

Borrowed from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).

(Islam, theology, philosophy) the essence of God; the "He-ness" of God


پریستان

head

پریستان • (paristân)

fa-noun

پریستان • (paristân)

→ Azerbaijani: Pəristan

→ Urdu: پَرِسْتان (paristān)

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰæ.ɹiːs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

From پری (pari, “peri”) + ـستان (-stân, “-stan”).

suf

(Iranian mythology) Paristan, a fairyland belonging to the peris


ژوپیتر

head

ژوپیتر • (župiter)

fa-proper noun

ژوپیتر • (župiter)

župiter (romanization)
ژوپیترم (first-person singular)
ژوپیترمان (župiteremân, župiteremun^△) (first-person plural)
ژوپیترت (župiterat, župiteret^△) (second-person singular)
ژوپیترتان (župiteretân, župiteretun^△) (plural second-person)
ژوپیترش (župiteraš, župitereš^△) (singular third-person)
ژوپیترشان (župiterešân, župiterešun^△) (plural third-person)

Borrowed from French Jupiter, from Latin Iuppiter.


زئوس

From French Zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).


مازن

head

مازن • (mâzan)

fa-proper noun

مازن • (mâzan)

From Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”), itself from a derivative of Proto-Iranian *máHtā.


مازنی

head

مازنی • (mâzani)

fa-noun

مازنی • (mâzani)

From مازَن (mâzan) + ـی (-i), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”).


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+

(Zoroastrianism, Iranian mythology) Sraosha, yazata of conscience


ازل

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: अज़ल (azal)

Urdu: ازل (azal)

Borrowed from Arabic أَزَل (ʔazal), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠𐭮 (ʾsl /asar/, “endless”), from 𐭠 (ʾ- /a-/, “un-, without”) + 𐭫𐭮 (sl /sar/, “head; end”, whence modern سر (sar)).

der

در ازل پرتوِ حسنت ز تجلی دم زد
عشق پیدا شد و آتش به همه عالم زد

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 152”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

In pre-eternity, your beauty's ray let out a breath from epiphany;
Love emerged and set fire to the entire world.

dar azal partaw-i husn-at zi tajalli dam zad
išq paydā šud u ātiš ba hama ālam zad

(Islam, Sufism) pre-eternity, eternity without beginning; the era before God created space and time


اشراق

head

اشراق • (ešrâq)

fa-noun

اشراق • (ešrâq)

(philosophy) in the metaphysics of Suhrawardi, a cosmic light which permeates the essence of things


اطلس

Borrowed from Arabic أَطْلَس, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


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.

inh

(Iranian mythology) Dara, a legendary version of Darius III who was defeated by Alexander

داراب داراب#Persian

(Iranian mythology) Alternative form of داراب (dârâb, a legendary Iranian king).


خانقاه

head

خانقاه • (xânaqâh) (plural خانقاهها)

fa-noun

خانقاه • (xânaqâh) (plural خانقاهها)

xânaqâh (romanization)
خانقاهها (plural)
خانگاه (alternative)

[xɑː.nä.qɑ́ːʱ]

[xɑː.nä.qɑ́ːʱ]

[xɒː.næ.ʁɒ́ːʰ]

[χɔ.nä.qɔ́ʱ]

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خَانَگَاه (xānagāh), from خَانَه (xāna, “house”) + ـگَاه (-gāh).


جمع‌الجمع

جمعالجمع (canonical)
jam'u-l-jam' (romanization)
jam'o-l-jam' (romanization)
جمع الجمع (alternative)


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”).


سالک

head

سالک • (sâlek) (plural سالکان (sâlekân))

(Sufism) Sufi devotee; traveler on the mystical path


هاماوران

هاماوران • (hâmâvarân)

[ʔɑː.mɑː.wä.ɾɑːn]

[ʔɔː.mɔː.wä.ɾɔːn]

Ultimately from Old South Arabian 𐩢𐩣𐩺𐩧 (ḥmyr).

(Iranian mythology) Hamavaran (a legendary version of Yemen)


طهماسب

طهماسب • (tahmâsb)

fa-proper noun

طهماسب • (tahmâsb)

tahmâsb (romanization)
تهماسب (alternative)

desc

→ Armenian: Թահմազ (Tʻahmaz), ⇒ Թահմազյան (Tʻahmazyan)

desctree

→ Georgian: თამაზ (tamaz)
→ Ossetian: Таймаз (Tajmaz)

→ Azerbaijani: Təhmasib

[t̪ʰäɦ.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰäɦ.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰɑː.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰɔː.mɔ́ːsb̥]

[t̪ʰæɦ.mɒ́ːsb̥]

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭧𐭬(𐭩)𐭠𐭮𐭯 (tḥm(y)ʾsp /Tahmāsp/, a male given name, literally “having brave horses”), a bahuvrihi compound for whose constituents see Persian تهم (tahm, “brave”) and اسب (asb, “horse”). Akin to Elamite 𒁹𒎕𒈠𒀾𒁀 (ᵐtam₅-ma-áš-ba /Tammašba/), borrowed from the Old Iranian form of the same name.
The proposed identification with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬀 (tumāspana, a given name, literally “with fat horses”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *tum-, should be rejected.

ncog

a male given name, Tahmasb, from Middle Persian

(Iranian mythology) A character in Shahnameh


عنقا

head

عنقا • ('anqâ)

fa-noun

عنقا • ('anqâ)

سیمرغ سیمرغ#Persian

(Iranian mythology) Synonym of سیمرغ (simorġ, a mythical bird).


تأله

تَأَلُّه (canonical)
ta'alloh (romanization)

[t̪ʰɑːäl.lʊ]

[t̪ʰä.ʔäl.lɵʰ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَأَلُّه (taʔalluh).

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(philosophy, Sufism) theosis; deiformity (becoming Godlike, the ultimate stage of human perfection in certain schools of Islamic philosophy)


فنا

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فنا • (fanâ)

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فنا • (fanâ)

→ Gujarati: ફના (phanā)

(Sufism) annihilation of the individual by being absorbed into God


کتایون

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کتایون • (katâyun)

fa-proper noun

کتایون • (katâyun)

→ Azerbaijani: Kətayun

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→ 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)


گشتاسپ

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گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

fa-proper noun

گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

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

→ Azerbaijani: Güştasp

→ Gujarati: ગુશતાસ્પ (guśtāsp)

→ Ottoman Turkish: كشتاسب (Güştâsb)

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡuʃ.t̪ʰɔ́ːsp]

[ɡ̥oʃ.t̪ʰɒ́ːsp]


عشق مجازی

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عشق مجازی • (ešq-e majâzi)

fa-noun

عشق مجازی • (ešq-e majâzi)

[ɪ́ʃ.qɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ɪ́ʃ.qɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ʔɪ́ʃqɪ mä.d͡ʒɑː.zíː]

[ʔíʃqi mä.d͡ʒɔː.zí]

[éʃ.ɢe mæ.d͡ʒɒː.zíː]

Literally "allegorical love", because love for a human beloved is considered an allegory or stepping stone for love towards God.

Coordinate term: عشق حقیقی (ešq-e haqiqi)

(Sufism) human love; physical love (as opposed to love towards God)


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).


قران

قران • (qerân)

fa-noun

قران • (qerân)

گر ندیدید مه و مهر قران کرده بهم
چشم دارید در آن عارض و غبغب نگرید

c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 174:

If you have not seen the sun and moon in conjunction with each other,
Cast your sight on that face and look at the double chin!

gar na-dīdēd mah u mihr qirān karda ba-ham
čašm dārēd dar ān āriz u ġabġab nigarēd


کوهکن

کوه (kuh, “mountain”) + کن (kan, present stem of کندن (kandan, “to dig”)).
In the medieval romance Khosrow and Shirin, the heroine Shirin tells Farhad that she will accept his love if he can achieve the impossible feat of cutting a hole through a mountain for her. He accomplishes this difficult feat, but Shirin's husband Khosrow lies to him that Shirin has died in the meantime, driving him to commit suicide.

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کن
<pos:present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">کندن</i> (kandan, “to dig”)>

فرهاد فرهاد#Persian

(poetic, Iranian mythology) "Digger of Mountains": an epithet of فرهاد (farhâd).


ملکوت

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَكُوت (malakūt).

مرغ باغ ملکوتم نیم از عالم خاک
دو سه روزی قفسی ساختهاند از بدنم

c. 1300, Humām-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 142”, in دیوان همام تبریزی:

I am a bird from the garden of malakūt, not from the world of earth!
They [only] built a cage out of my body for two or three days.

murġ-i bāġ-i malakūt-am niyam az ālam-i xāk
du si rōzē qafasē saxta-and az badan-am

(Islam, Sufism) Malakut, a cosmic plane between the angelic and imaginal realms


ابدال

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ابدال • (abdâl)

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ابدال • (abdâl)

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʔäb.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]

[ʔæb.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]

Borrowed from Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “subsitute”).

(collective, Sufism) saints (often said to be forty) for whose sake God maintains the world


ـیه

Borrowed from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of ـیت (-iyyat).

مولوی (mowlavi, a title of Rumi) + ـیه (-iyye) → مولویه (mowlaviyye, “Mevlevi Order”)

چشت (češt, a town in Afghanistan where the early masters hailed) + ـیه (-iyye) → چشتیه (češtiyye, “Chishti Order”)

(Sufism) Used in the names of Sufi orders.


مردم‌گیاه

مردمگیاه (canonical)
mardum-giyāh (romanization)
mardom-giyâh (romanization)
مردمگیا (alternative)
مردمگیا (alternative)
مردمگیاه (alternative)
مردم گیاه (alternative)
مردم گیا (alternative)

From مردم (mardum /mardom, “people”) + گیاه (giyāh /giyâh, “plant”)

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در افسانهها، مردمگیاه گیاهی است که شکل انسان و نیروی جادویی دارد.

dar afsâne-hâ, mardom-giyâh giyâhi ast ke šekl-e ensân va niru-ye jâduyi dârad.

In legends, mardomgiyâh is a plant shaped like a human with magical power.

(folklore, mythology) A magical herb in Persian tradition, often believed to resemble a human form or to have powers related to love, fate, or charm. Sometimes associated with protective or talismanic uses.


مهرگیاه

mihrgiyāh (romanization)
mehrgiyâh (romanization)

[me̞ɦɾ.ɡi.jɑ́ːʱ]

[me̞ɦɾ.ɡi.jɑ́ːʱ]

[meɦɹ.ɡʲi.jɒ́ːʰ]

From مهر (mihr /mehr, “affection, love,”) + گیاه (giyāh /giyâh, “plant”)

در افسانهها، مهرگیاه را گیاهی جادویی میدانند که انسان را خوشبخت میکند.

dar afsâne-hâ, mehrgiyâh râ giyâhi mi-dânand ke ensân ra xošbaxt mi-konad.

In legends, mehrgiyâh is considered a magical plant that brings happiness.

مردمگیاه مردمگیاه#Persian

(folklore, mythology) Synonym of مردمگیاه (mardum-giyāh /mardom-giyâh)