اندوه
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (’ndwh /andōh/, “sorrow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔan.doːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪uːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɵʰ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | andōh |
Dari reading? | andōh |
Iranian reading? | anduh |
Tajik reading? | andüh |
Noun
[edit]اندوه • (anduh)
- sorrow, sadness, melancholy
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2611:
- چون بر او بنشست زین اندوه گرد / بر همه شاهان عالم رحم کرد
- čon bar o binišast zin andoh gard / bar hama shâhân-i-'alâm rahm kard
- Since dust settled on him from this sorrow, he [Solomon] had compassion for all the kings of the world.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اندوه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- PAHLAVICA - "’ndwh".