گردون
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Persian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡaɾ.duːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲæɹ.d̪uːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡäɾ.d̪un]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gardūn |
| Dari reading? | gardūn |
| Iranian reading? | gardun |
| Tajik reading? | gardun |
Etymology 1[edit]
From the verb گَشتَن (gaštan, “to rotate, turn, revolve”). Equivalent to گرد (gard) + ـون (-un).
Noun[edit]
گردون • (gardun)
- wheel (Any circular device which rotates on its axis.)
- (poetic) sky, space, heaven
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3423:
- عدل توزیم و عبادت آوریم
باز هر شب سوی گردون بر پریم- 'adl tûzîm u 'ibâdat âvardîm
bâz har šab sôy-i-gardûn bar parîm - We will deal justice and perform worship
and every night we will fly up again to Heaven
- 'adl tûzîm u 'ibâdat âvardîm
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Persian [script needed] (wardyūn).
Noun[edit]
گردون • (gardun)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گردون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wardyūn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 87