گوناگون

Persian

FWOTD – 12 August 2021

Etymology

From گون (gun, “color, type”) +‎ ـا (-â-) +‎ گون (gun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ˈɡuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ɡúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ɡúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ɡúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.nɔː.ɡún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː.nɒː.ɡúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.nɔ.ɡún]

Readings
Classical reading?	gūnāgūn
Dari reading?	gūnāgūn
Iranian reading?	gunâgun
Tajik reading?	gunogun

Adjective

Dari	گوناگون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гуногун

گوناگون • (gunâgun)

1. different, various, diverse, sundry

   Synonym: مُختَلِف (moxtalef)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 2392:

     برف گوناگون جمود هر جماد / در شتای بعد آن خورشید داد

     barf-e gunâgun jomud-e har jamâd / dar šetâ-ye bo'd-e ân xoršid-e dâd

     The various snows are [symbolise] the congelation of every inanimate thing in the winter of farness from that Sun of justice.