جهانگیر

Persian

Etymology

From جهان (jahân, “world”) +‎ گیر (gir, present stem of گرفتن (gereftan, “to take”)).

Pronunciation

(phonemic)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.hɑːn.ˈɡiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːŋ.ɡíːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːŋ.ɡíːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːɑːŋ.ɡíːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːɔːŋ.ɡíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒːɲ.ɡʲíːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɔŋ.ɡíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jahāngīr
Dari reading?	jahāngīr
Iranian reading?	jahângir
Tajik reading?	jahongir

(phonetic Iranian pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæhɒŋˈɡʲiːɾ]

Adjective

جهانگیر • (jahângir)

1. world-conquering
2. prevailing throughout the entire world
   • 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:

     فلک از لمعه ماه جهانگیر لبالب بود همچون کاسه شیر

     falak az lam'e-ye mâh-e jahângir labâlab bud hamčon kâse-ye šir

     The sky, with the flashes of the world-conquering moon, was overflowing like a bowl full of milk.

Derived terms

• جهانگیر نگر (jahângir nagar, “city of the world-conqueror”)
• جهانگیری (jahângiri, “world conquest”)

 

Noun

جهانگیر • (jahângir) (plural جهانگیران (jahângirân))

1. world-conqueror

Proper noun

جهانگیر • (jahângir)

1. a male given name, Jahangir
2. (in particular) Jahangir, Mughal emperor (lived 1569—1627, r. 1605—1627)