تابان

Persian

Etymology

From تاب (tâb, “heat, radiance”) +‎ ـان (-ân, A suffix forming adjectives from the present tense verb stem).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.βɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.bɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.bɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.bɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāḇān
Dari reading?	tābān
Iranian reading?	tâbân
Tajik reading?	tobon

Adjective

Dari	تابان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тобон

تابان • (tâbân)

1. shining, luminous, radiant
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2862:

     گنج مخفی بد ز پری چاک کرد / خاک را تابان تر از افلاک کرد

     ganj-i-maxfi bud ze puri čâk kard / xâk râ tâbân-tar az aflâk kard

     ’Twas a hidden treasure: because of its fullness it burst forth and made the earth more shining than the heavens.

Synonyms

• درخشان (deraxšân)

Descendants

• → Arabic: طَابَان (ṭābān)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تابان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim