گرانبها

Persian

Etymology

گران (gerân, “heavy, expensive”) +‎ بها (bahâ, “price”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡa.ɾɑːn.ba.ˈhɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑːm.bä.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑːm.bä.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑːm.bɑːɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔːm.bɔːɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.ɹɒːm.bæ.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔm.bä.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	garānbahā
Dari reading?	garānbahā
Iranian reading?	gerânbahâ
Tajik reading?	garonbaho

Adjective

گرانبها • (gerânbahâ)

1. valuable, precious

   Synonyms: ارزشمند (arzešmand), قیمتی (qeymati)

   • c. 1100, Masʿūd-i Saʿd-i Salmān, “Qaṣīda 30”, in دیوان مسعود سعد سلمان‎^[1]:

     نشناسم گرانبها چیزی
     که بر جود او نه ارزانست

     na-šināsam garanbahā čīzē
     ki bar jūd-i ō na arzān ast

     I do not know of anything valuable
     Which is not cheap to his generosity.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گرانبها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گرانبها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim