مادیان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtygʾn (mādiyān). Akin to ماده (mâda, “female”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ði.ˈjɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪i.jɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪i.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪i.jɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪i.jɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.d̪i.jɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.d̪i.jɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	māḏiyān
Dari reading?	mādiyān
Iranian reading?	mâdiyân
Tajik reading?	modiyon

Noun

Dari	مادیان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	модиён

مادیان • (mâdiyân) (plural مادیان‌ها (mâdiyân-hâ))

1. mare; the female of a horse and sometimes other equine animal
   • 977-1010, Firdawsī, Shāhnāma, "گفتار اندر داستان فرود سیاوش"

     خروش دم مادیان یافت اسپ
     بجوشید برسان آذرگشسپ

     xurōš-i dum-i mādiyān yāft asp
     bijōšīd bar-sān-i āḏargušasp

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1197, Nizāmī, Haft Paykar, "کشتن بهرام اژدها را و گنج یافتن"

     آخرالامر مادیان گوری
     آمد افکند در جهان شوری

     āxar-ul-amr mādiyān gōrē
     āmad afkand dar jahān šōrē

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   مادیان‌گور ― mâdiyân-gôr ― female zebra

Descendants

• → Armenian: մադիան (madian)
• → Azerbaijani: madyan / مادیان
• → Ottoman Turkish: مادیان (mâdiyân)
• → Urdu: مادیان (mādiyān)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مادیان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul