دیمه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْمَة (dayma, “continuous rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daj.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ej.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dayma
Dari reading?	dayma
Iranian reading?	deyme
Tajik reading?	dayma

Noun

دیمه • (deyme)

1. Alternative form of دیمت (dimat, “light, gentle rain”).
2. (obsolete, rare) light
   • c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:

     بدانگه که صبح زمان دیمه داد
     زراتشت فرح ز مادر بزاد
     بخندید چون شد ز مادر جدا
     درفشان شد از خنده او سرا

     bad-ān gah ki subh-i zaman dayma dād
     zarātušt farah zi mādar bizād
     bixandīd čōn šud zi mādar judā
     dirafšān šud az xanda-yi ō sarā

     At the time when dawn gave out light,
     Zoroaster was born from his mother happy.
     He laughed when he came out of his mother;
     The house became gleaming from his laughter.

     (Classical Persian romanization)