اندوه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (’ndwh /⁠andōh⁠/, “sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.doːh]

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪oːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪oː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ʊː]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	andōh
Dari reading?	andōh
Iranian reading?	anduh
Tajik reading?	andüh

Noun

اندوه • (anduh)

1. sorrow, sadness, melancholy

   Synonyms: غم (ğam), غصّه (qosse), حزن (hozn)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 2611:

     چون بر او بنشست زین اندوه گرد / بر همه شاهان عالم رحم کرد

     čon bar o binišast zin andoh gard / bar hama shâhân-i-'alâm rahm kard

     Since dust settled on him from this sorrow, he [Solomon] had compassion for all the kings of the world.

Derived terms

• اندوهگین (anduhgin)
• اندوهبار (anduhbâr)

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اندوه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
2. PAHLAVICA - "’ndwh".