رهنامه

Persian

Alternative forms

• راهنامه (râhnâme)
• راهنامج (râhnâmaj) (archaic)
• رهنامج (rahnâmaj) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian rāhnāmag, from lʾs (rāh, “way”) + MGLTA, nʾmk' (nāmag, “book”). Whence also Arabic رَاهْنَامَج (rāhnāmaj), رَهْنَامَج (rahnāmaj), a Middle Persian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɦ.nɑː.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɦ.nɑː.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.nɑː.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.nɔː.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæɦ.nɒː.mé]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	rahnāma
Dari reading?	rahnāma
Iranian reading?	rahnâme
Tajik reading?	rahnoma

Noun

رهنامه • (rahnâme)

1. periplus
   • 1141-1209, Nizami Ganjavi

     ز خاقان بپرسید کاین شهر کیست
     به رهنامه در نام این شهر چیست

     ze xâqân beporsid kin šahr kist
     be rahnâme dar, nâm-e in šahr čist

     [He] asked from Khaqan, what is this city?
     What is the name of this city in periplus?

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “رهنامه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press