گان
Khowar
References
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “گان”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (-kʾn' /(a)gān/). Compare Old Armenian -ական (-akan), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡɑːn]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡɔːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɔn]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | gān |
Dari reading? | gān |
Iranian reading? | gân |
Tajik reading? | gon |
Suffix
ـگان • (-gân)
- A suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings
- راه (râh, “way”) + گان (-gân) = رایگان (râygân, “free”) (referring to how something can be found on the way)
- شاه (šâh, “king”) + گان (-gân) = شایگان (šâygân, “royal, kingly, treasure, valuable thing”)
- ده (deh, “village”) + گان (-gân) = دهقان (dehqân, “villager, farmer”) (originally meaning: pertaining to the village)
- بازار (bâzâr, “market”) + گان (-gân) = بازرگان (bâzargân, “merchant, trader”)
- مهر (mehr, “month of Mehr”) + گان (-gân) = مهرگان (mehregân, “Mehregan, a Persian celebration that takes place in the month of Mehr”)
Derived terms
Category Persian terms suffixed with ـگان not found
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
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