گمان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmʾn' /⁠gumān⁠/, “doubt”), from Proto-Iranian *wimānah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (vīmanō, one of the Ahrimanic plagues: doubt?), Sanskrit विमनस् (vimanas, “sad, disconsolate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.mɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.mɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.mɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.mɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.mɔːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.mɒːn], [ɡʲæ.mɒːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.mɒːn], [ɡʲæ.mɒːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.muːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.mɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	gumān
Dari reading?	gumān
Iranian reading?	gomân, gamân
Tajik reading?	gumon

Noun

گُمان • (gomân)

1. assumption; supposition; opinion; conjecture; suspicion

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: güman
• → Georgian: გუმანი (gumani)
• → Kazakh: күмән (kümän)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُمان (gumān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.mɑːn/

Noun

گُمان • (gumān) m (Hindi spelling गुमान)

1. mistrust, doubt; uncertainty

   Synonyms: شَک (śak), سَنْشَیَہ (sanśaya), سَنْدیہ (sandeh), شُبَہ (śuba), رَیب (raib), بھَرَم (bharam)