درخشان

Persian

Etymology

From درخش (deraxš, “present stem of درخشیدن (deraxšidan, “to shine”)”) +‎ ـان (-ân, suffix forming adjectives from the present tense verb stem).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.ɾax.ʃɑːn], [di.ɾax.ʃɑːn], [du.ɾux.ʃɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾʊx.ʃɑːn], [d̪ä.ɾäx.ʃɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾʊx.ʃɑːn], [d̪ä.ɾäx.ʃɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾʊx.ʃɑːn], [d̪ä.ɾäx.ʃɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ɾux.ʃɔːn], [d̪ä.ɾäx.ʃɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ɹæx.ʃɒːn], [d̪e.ɹæx.ʃɒːn], [d̪o.ɹox.ʃɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ɾäχ.ʃɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	daraxšān, diraxšān, duruxšān
Dari reading?	duruxšān, daraxšān
Iranian reading?	daraxšân, deraxšân, doroxšân
Tajik reading?	duraxšon

Adjective

Dari	درخشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дурахшон

درخشان • (deraxšân, daraxšân, doraxšân)

1. shiny
2. bright

Synonyms

• تابان (tâbân)