بیرونی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.ˈniː], [beː.ɾoː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.ɾu.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.ɹuː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɾu.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	bērūnī, bērōnī
Dari reading?	bērūnī
Iranian reading?	biruni
Tajik reading?	berunī

Adjective

بیرونی • (biruni)

1. outer, external
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3698:

     نار بیرونی به آبی بفسرد
     نار شهوت تا به دوزخ می‌‌برد

     nār-i bērūnī ba ābī bifsurad
     nār-i šahwat tā ba dōzax mē-burad

     The external fire may be quenched by some water,
     (but) the fire of lust is bringing to Hell.

Related terms

• بیرون (birun)

Proper noun

بیرونی • (biruni)

1. a surname from Middle Persian, most famously held by Al-Biruni