بیجاده

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (cf. Arabic بِجَادَق (bijādaq)), by surface analysis, بی (bi, “without”) +‎ جاده (jâde, “road, (here: streak)”). Compare Old Georgian ბეჭედი (beč̣edi), Armenian պիճատի (pičati), Iranian borrowings. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɑː.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɑː.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.d͡ʒɔː.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɒː.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.d͡ʒɔ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bījāḏa
Dari reading?	bījāda
Iranian reading?	bijâde
Tajik reading?	bijoda

Noun

Dari	بیجاده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	биҷода

بیجاده • (bijâde)

1. garnet or ruby

   Synonym: نارسَنگ (nârsang)

   • 982, Hudūd al-'Ālam

     و اندر بدخشان معدن سیم است و زر و بیجاده و لاجورد.

     va andar badaxšân ma'dan-i sêm ast u zar u bîjâde u lâjavard.

     and in Badakhshan there are mines of silver, gold, garnet (or maybe ruby), and lapis lazuli.

2. (archaic, literary) amber

   Synonym: کَهربا (kahrobâ)

   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     شد آن تخت شاهی و آن دستگاه
     زمانه ربودش چو بیجاده کاه

     šod ân taxt-e šâhi-yyo ân dastgâh
     zamâne robudaš čo bijâde kâh.

     the fate snatched his throne and court, just like how the amber attracts straw.

Related terms

• یاقوت (yâqut)
• لَعل (la'l)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بیجاده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press