دانشمند

Persian

Etymology

From دانش (dâneš, “knowledge”) +‎ ـمند (-mand).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.niʃ.manð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.män̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.niʃ.män̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.neʃ.mæn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.niʃ.män̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	dānišmand
Dari reading?	dānišmand
Iranian reading?	dânešmand
Tajik reading?	donišmand

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Noun

Dari	دانشمند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	донишманд

دانشمند • (dânešmand) (plural دانشمندان (dânešmandân) or دانشمندها (dânešmand-hâ))

1. scholar
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 160:

     زاد دانشمند آثار قلم / زاد صوفی چیست آثار قدم

     zâd-e dânešmand âsâr-e qalam / zâd-e sufi či-st âsâr-e qadam

     The scholar's provision is [consists of] pen-marks [written letters and words]. What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks.

2. (Iran) scientist

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દાનિશમંદ (dāniśmand)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਨਸ਼ਮੰਦ (dānśamand)

  Shahmukhi script: دانشمند (dānaśmand)