انگلیون

Persian

Etymology

From the Middle Persian cognate to Parthian 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾwnglywn /⁠ewangelyōn⁠/), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn), from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). Doublet of انجیل (enjil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.ɡal.ˈjuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡäl.júːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡäl.júːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡäl.júːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡäl.jún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɲ.ɡʲæl.júːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡäl.jún]

Readings
Classical reading?	angalyūn
Dari reading?	angalyūn
Iranian reading?	angalyun
Tajik reading?	angalyun

Noun

انگلیون • (angalyun)

1. (obsolete) Christian Gospel

   Synonym: انجیل (enjil)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 363—4:

     صد هزاران مرد ترسا سوی او
     اندک اندک جمع شد در کوی او
     او بیان می‌‌کرد با ایشان به راز
     سر انگلیون و زنار و نماز

     sad hazārān mard-i tarsā sōy-i ō
     andak andak jam' šud dar kōy-i ō
     ō bayān mē-kard bā ēšān ba rāz
     sirr-i angalyūn u zunnār u namāz

     Myriads of Christian men gathered round him, little by little, in his abode,
     He secretly expounded to them the mysteries of Gospel and girdle and prayer.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (obsolete) the Gospel of Mani
3. (poetic, obsolete) A metaphor for something colorful, due to historical confusion with ارژنگ (aržang, “Arzhang”, the picture-book of Mani):
   1. brightly colored cloth
   2. chameleon