چوگان

See also: چوكان

Persian

Alternative forms

• چولگان (čowlagân), چویگان (čuygân)

Etymology

From Middle Persian cwpkʾn' (čōbagān, *čaw(la)gān), cwgʾn' (čōgān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaw.ˈɡɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɔ́ːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰow.ɡɒ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰow.ɡɒ́ːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰoː.ɡɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	čawgān
Dari reading?	čawgān
Iranian reading?	čowgân
Tajik reading?	čavgon

Noun

چوگان • (čowgân)

1. (archaic) crosier
2. polo-stick
   • 977-1010, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     ز چوگان او گوی شد ناپدید
     تو گفتی سپهرش همی‌برکشید

     zi čawgān-i ō gōy šud nāpadīd
     tu guftī sipihraš hamē-bar-kašīd

     From [the kick of] his polo-stick, the ball disappeared
     It looked such that it was surpassing the heavens

3. polo

Synonyms

• گوی و چوگان (gôy-o-čowgân)

Derived terms

• چوگان‌باز (čowgân-bâz)