جهانگیر

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Etymology

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From جهان (jahân, world) +‎ گیر (gir, present stem of گرفتن (gereftan, to take)).

Pronunciation

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(phonemic)

 

Readings
Classical reading? jahāngīr
Dari reading? jahāngīr
Iranian reading? jahângir
Tajik reading? jahongir

(phonetic Iranian pronunciation)

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒæhɒŋˈɡʲiːɾ]

Adjective

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جهانگیر (jahângir)

  1. world-conquering
  2. prevailing throughout the entire world
    • 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
      فلک از لمعه ماه جهانگیر لبالب بود همچون کاسه شیر
      falak az lam'e-ye mâh-e jahângir labâlab bud hamčon kâse-ye šir
      The sky, with the flashes of the world-conquering moon, was overflowing like a bowl full of milk.

Derived terms

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Noun

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جهانگیر (jahângir) (plural جهانگیران (jahângirân))

  1. world-conqueror

Proper noun

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جهانگیر (jahângir)

  1. a male given name, Jahangir
  2. (in particular) Jahangir, Mughal emperor (lived 1569—1627, r. 1605—1627)