آهنگ کردن

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈhanɡ kaɾ.dan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦǽŋɡ kʰäɾ.d̪än]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦǽŋɡ kʰäɾ.d̪än]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːǽŋɡ kʰäɾ.d̪än]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːǽŋɡ̥ kʰäɾ.d̪än]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɦǽɲɡʲ̥ kʰʲæɹ.d̪æn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɦǽŋɡ kʰäɾ.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading?	āhang kardan
Dari reading?	āhang kardan
Iranian reading?	âhang kardan
Tajik reading?	ohang kardan

Verb

آهنگ کردن • (âhang kardan) (archaic, transitive)

1. to intend (to do something); to be about to, to be prepared for
   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 131”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     کسی کو را خلاف آورد گو آهنگ رفتن کن
     که روزی با خلاف او به گیتی زیستن نتوان

     kasē k-ō rā xilāf āwarad gō ahāng-i raftan kun
     ki rōzē bā xilāf-i ō ba gētī zīstan na-twān

     Tell the person who opposes him: "Prepare to leave!"
     For nobody can live in this world for one day while opposing him.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. to aim for
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[2]:

     تو آهنگ کردی بدایشان نخست
     کسی با تو پیگار و کینه نجست

     tō āhang kardī bad-ēšān nuxust
     kasē bā tō paygār u kīna na-just

     You aimed first at them,
     Nobody sought to fight and have hatred against you.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

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