دد
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dt' /dad/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /dad/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dað]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äd̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | daḏ |
Dari reading? | dad |
Iranian reading? | dad |
Tajik reading? | dad |
Noun
[edit]دد • (dad) (plural ددان (dadân))
- (archaic) wild animal; wild beast
- Antonym: دام (dâm)
- c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī][1]:
- دی شیخ با چراغ همیگشت گرد شهر
کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست- dī šayx bā čirāğ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st - Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.
- dī šayx bā čirāğ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
Further reading
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press