اندازه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hndʾck' /⁠handāzag⁠/, “measure, manner”), from the verb [script needed] (hndʾhtn' /⁠handāxtan⁠/, “to plan, allot, reckon, judge”). Related to انداختن (andâxtan, “to throw”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.daː.ˈza/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɑː.zá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɑː.zá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɑː.zá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɔː.zá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪ɒː.zé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɔ.zá]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	andāza
Dari reading?	andāza
Iranian reading?	andâze
Tajik reading?	andoza

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

اندازه • (andāza / andâze) (Tajik spelling андоза)

1. size, dimension

   اندازهٔ پنجره ― andâze-ye panjere ― dimensions of the window

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3811:

     پست می‌‌گویم به اندازه‌‌ی عقول
     عیب نبود این بود کار رسول

     past mē-gōyam ba andaza-i 'uqūl
     'ayb na-buwad īn buwad kār-i rasūl

     I speak low according to the measure of (their) understandings:
     ’tis no fault, this is the practice of the Prophet.

2. scale, extent, quantity

   می‌توانی من را به اندازهٔ او دوست داشته باشی؟

   mi-tavâni man râ be andâze-ye u dust dâšte bâši?

   Can you love me as much as him?

3. measurement

Derived terms

• اندازه گاو فهمیدن (andâze-ye gâv fahmidan)
• اندازه گرفتن (andâze gereftan)
• اندازه گیر (andâze-gir)
• اندازه گیری (andâze-giri)
• بی‌اندازه (bi-andâze)

Descendants

• → Armenian: անդազա (andaza)
• → Azerbaijani: əndazə
• → Chagatai: اندازه (ʾndʾzh /⁠ändāzä⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئەندىزە (endize)
  • Uzbek: andoza, andaza
• → Dhivehi: އަންދާސާ (an̊dāsā)
• → Dogri: andāzā

  Devanagari script: अंदाज़ा

  Dogra script: 𑠀𑠷𑠛𑠬𑠑𑠺𑠬

• → Georgian: ანდაზა (andaza)
• → Gojri: اندازو (andāzo)
• → Gujarati: અંદાજે (andāje)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अंदाज़ा (andāzā)

  Urdu: اَنْدَازَہ (andāzā)

• → Kannada: ಅಂದಾಜು (andāju)
• → Malvi: अंदाजो (andājo)
• → Marathi: अंदाज़े (andāj̈e)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: अंदाजौ (andājau)

  Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅧𑅥𑅛𑅒 (andju)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਾ (andāzā)

  Shahmukhi script: اندازَہ

• → Sindhi: andāzo

  Arabic script: اَندازو (ãdāzo)

  Devanagari script: अंदाज़ो

  Khudabadi script: 𑊰𑋟𑋏𑋠𑋂𑋩𑋧

• → Telugu: అందాజు (andāju)

Further reading

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