دامگاه

Persian

Etymology

From دام (dâm) +‎ ـگاه (-gâh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑːm.ɡɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːm.ɡɑːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːm.ɡɑːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːm.ɡɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔːm.ɡɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒːm.ɡɒːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔm.ɡɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dāmgāh
Dari reading?	dāmgāh
Iranian reading?	dâmgâh
Tajik reading?	domgoh

Noun

دامگاه • (dâmgâh)

1. place full of snares and nets; (poetic, figurative) the world; the treacherous world
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

     تو را ز کنگرهٔ عرش می‌زنند صفیر
     ندانمت که در این دامگه چه افتادست

     to râ ze kongere-ye 'erš mi-zanand safir
     na-dânam-at ke dar in dâmgah če oftâd ast

     For you, they whistle from the heights of the Empyrean;
     I do not know what has befallen you in this world of snares.

Derived terms

• (poetic, for metrical purposes) دامگه (dâmgah)