بدرقه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *badrak (“banner, flag”) which escorts the convoy.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bað.ɾa.ˈqa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾä.qǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾä.qǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾä.qǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾä.qǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæd̪.ɹæ.ʁé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.ɾä.qǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	baḏraqa
Dari reading?	badraqa
Iranian reading?	badrağe
Tajik reading?	badraqa

Noun

بدرقه • (badraqe)

1. escort, company (sending someone off on the road)
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 328”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[2]:

     همتم بدرقهٔ راه کن ای طایر قدس
     که دراز است ره مقصد و من نوسفرم

     himmat-am badraqa-yi rāh kun ay tāyir-i quds
     ki darāz ast rah-i maqsad u man nawsafar-am

     Make your high-mindedness my escort on the road, o sacred bird,
     For the way to the destination is long, and I am a man new to travel.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)