دد

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dt' /⁠dad⁠/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /⁠dad⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? daḏ
Dari reading? dad
Iranian reading? dad
Tajik reading? dad

Noun

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دد (dad) (plural ددان (dadân))

  1. (archaic) wild animal; wild beast
    Antonym: دام (dâm)
    • c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]‎[1]:
      دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌گشت گرد شهر
      کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست
      dī šayx bā čirāğ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
      k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st
      Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
      For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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