بیکران

Persian

Etymology

Compound of بیـ (“without”) +‎ کران (“boundary, shore”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ka.ˈɾɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰä.ɾɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰä.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰä.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.kʰä.ɾɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.kʰʲæ.ɹɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.kʰä.ɾɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēkarān
Dari reading?	bēkarān
Iranian reading?	bikarân
Tajik reading?	bekaron

Adjective

بیکران • (bikarân)

1. boundless, immense
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3636:

     پاس دارد قلعه را از دشمنان
     قلعه نفروشد به مال بی‌‌کران‌‌

     pās darad qal'a rā az dušman-ān
     qal'a na-furōšad ba māl-i-bēkarān

     [The governor] guards the fortress from enemies
     and will not sell it for boundless riches

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیکران”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim