پیغام

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian; compare Middle Persian pgtʾm, Manichaean Middle Persian pygʾm, Sogdian [script needed] (patγām). Ultimately from Old Iranian *pati-gāma-, from Proto-Iranian *pati- (against) + a formation derived from Proto-Iranian *gam- (to come), the latter from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gam-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (to come, step). Compare also Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian պատգամ (patgam), Aramaic פתגמא, Classical Syriac ܦܬܓܡܐ (peṯəḡāmāʾ), Classical Mandaic ࡐࡅࡂࡃࡀࡌࡀ (pugdāmā), Hebrew פִּתְגָּם (piṯgām).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäj.ɣɑːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰäj.ɣɑːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰäj.ɣɔːm]

Readings
Classical reading? payğām
Dari reading? payğām
Iranian reading? peyğâm
Tajik reading? payġom

Noun

پیغام • (peyğâm) (plural پیغام‌ها (peyğâm-hâ))

  1. message
    • 2006, “جون خودت”, performed by Black Cats:
      دختر ایرونی که ناز و دلبری این پیغام بلک کتس رو گوش کن
      Iranian Girls, cute and flirty, listen to this message from Black Cats!

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատգամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 38
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 98-101
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 222–223
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “paygām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 67

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیغام (payğām).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɛː.ɣɑːm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

پَیغام • (paiġām) m (Hindi spelling पैग़ाम)

  1. message
    Synonyms: خَبَر (xabar), سَنْدیش (sandeś), سَماچار (samācār), رِسالَہ (risāla)
  2. advice

References

  • پیغام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پیغام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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