نادان

Persian

Etymology

From ناـ (nâ-) +‎ دان (dân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naː.ˈdaːn/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.d̪ɔ́ːn]

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

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

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	nādān
Dari reading?	nādān
Iranian reading?	nâdân
Tajik reading?	nodon

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	نادان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нодон

نادان • (nâdân)

1. ignorant
2. unwise

Related terms

• نادانی (nâdâni)

Noun

نادان • (nâdân)

1. ignoramus
2. an unwise person

Antonyms

• دانا (dânâ)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nadan
• → Bashkir: наҙан (naźan)
• → Bengali: নাদান (nadan)
• → Gujarati: નાદાન (nādān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नादान (nādān)

  Urdu: نادان (nādān)

• → Kazakh: надан (nadan)
• → Marathi: नादान (nādān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نادان (nādān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.d̪ɑːn/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: نا‧دان

Adjective

نادان • (nādān)

1. naive
2. foolish

Related terms

• نادانی (nādānī)
• نادانی سے (nādānī se)

References

• “نادان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نادان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian نادان (nâdân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑdɑn/

Adjective

نادان • (nadan)

1. ignorant, uneducated
2. stupid, foolish, silly

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN