جددین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywdt dyn' /⁠jud-dēn⁠/, literally “[those of] anti-religion”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuð.ˈdiːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊd̪.d̪íːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊd̪.d̪íːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒud̪.d̪ín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒod̪.d̪íːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒud̪.d̪ín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	juḏḏīn
Dari reading^?	juddīn
Iranian reading^?	joddin
Tajik reading^?	juddin

Noun

جددین • (joddin)

(Zoroastrianism) infidel, non-Zoroastrian
Synonym: دروند (dorvand)

Antonym: بهدین (behdin)
- 1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-yi Sanjān]:
  بکرده دور سه فرسنگ جددین
  نمانده کس درو جز مرد بهدین
  bakarda dūr si farsang juddīn
  na-mānda kas dar ō juz mard-i bihdīn
  The infidels were driven out three leagues away,
  Nobody remained there except for men of the Good Faith.
  (Classical transliteration)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: જુદ્દીન (juddīn)

See also

کافر (kâfar, “non-Muslim”)

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