بارگاه

Persian

Alternative forms

• بارگه (bârgah) (metrical variant)

Etymology

From بار (bâr, “admission”) +‎ ـگاه (-gâh): "place of admission".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːɾ.ˈɡɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːɾ.ɡɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːɾ.ɡɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːɾ.ɡɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːɾ.ɡɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːɹ.ɡɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔɾ.ɡɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bārgāh
Dari reading?	bārgāh
Iranian reading?	bârgâh
Tajik reading?	borgoh

Noun

بارگاه • (bârgâh) (historical)

1. hall of audience, reception hall; place where guests, envoys, etc., are greeted or sent away
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Manūchihr”, in شاهنامه‎^[1]:

     چو آمد به نزدیکی بارگاه
     پیاده شد و راه بگشاد شاه

     čū āmad ba nazdīkī-yi bārgāh
     piyāda šud u rāh bugšād šāh

     When he came close to the audience hall,
     He went on foot, and the king opened the road.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. (transferred sense) palace, court, royal tent

   Synonyms: کاخ (kâx), دربار (darbâr)

   • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 88:

     منعم به کوه و دشت و بیابان غریب نیست
     هر جا که رفت خیمه زد و بارگاه ساخت

     mun'am ba kōh u dašt u biyābān ğarīb nēst
     har jā ki raft xayma zad u bārgāh sāxt

     A rich man is never a stranger, be he in the mountains, on the plains, or in the desert.
     Everywhere he goes he pitches a tent and holds court.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

3. (transferred sense, obsolete) royal etiquette of greeting and dispatching guests

   Synonym: استقبال (esteqbâl)

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Rustam and Isfandyār”, in شاهنامه‎^[2]:

     همی بود بهمن به زابلستان
     به نخچیر گر با می و گلستان
     سواری و می خوردن و بارگاه
     بیاموخت رستم بدان پور شاه

     hamē būd bahman ba zābulistān
     ba naxčīr gar bā may u gulistān
     sawārī u may xwardan u bārgāh
     biyāmūxt rustam bad-ān pūr-i šāh

     Bahman remained in Zābulistān,
     Either hunting or with wine and rose gardens.
     Rustam taught that royal son
     Riding, wine-drinking, and welcoming guests.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) shrine

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بارگاه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بارگاه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press