خرگاه
Persian
Alternative forms
- خرگه (xargah)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xaɾ.ˈɡɑːh]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡɑ́ːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡɔ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæɹ.ɡɒ́ːʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χäɾ.ɡɔ́ʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xargāh |
| Dari reading? | xargāh |
| Iranian reading? | xargâh |
| Tajik reading? | xargoh |
Noun
خرگاه • (xargâh)
- tent, pavilion, tabernacle
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:
- روز شه در جستجو بیگاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد
- ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod
- The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].
- wide, spacious place of residence
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خر گاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 456
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خرگه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 456
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