پایندگی

Persian

Etymology

Derived from پاینده (pâyande, “lasting; faithful”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑː.jan.da.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.jæn̪d̪e.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāyanda-gī
Dari reading?	pāyanda-gī
Iranian reading?	pâyande-gi
Tajik reading?	poyanda-gī

Dari	پایندگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пояндагӣ

Noun

پایندگی • (pâyandegi)

1. firmness, permanence, stability, durability
2. loyalty, faithfulness
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3298:

     ظاهرش مرگ و به باطن زندگی
     ظاهرش ابتر نهان پایندگی‌‌

     zāhir-aš marg u ba bātin zandagī
     zahir-aš abtar nihān pāyandagi

     ’Tis death outwardly but life inwardly:
     apparently ’tis a cutting-off, in secret ’tis permanence.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پایندگی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim