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Persian
Etymology
From the Middle Persian cognate to Parthian 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾwnglywn /ewangelyōn/), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn), from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). Doublet of انجیل (enjil).
Pronunciation
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angalyūn
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angalyūn
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angalyun
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angalyun
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Noun
انگلیون • (angalyun)
- (obsolete) Christian Gospel
- Synonym: انجیل (enjil)
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 363—4:صد هزاران مرد ترسا سوی او
اندک اندک جمع شد در کوی او
او بیان میکرد با ایشان به راز
سر انگلیون و زنار و نماز- sad hazārān mard-i tarsā sōy-i ō
andak andak jam' šud dar kōy-i ō
ō bayān mē-kard bā ēšān ba rāz
sirr-i angalyūn u zunnār u namāz - Myriads of Christian men gathered round him, little by little, in his abode,
He secretly expounded to them the mysteries of Gospel and girdle and prayer.
- (obsolete) the Gospel of Mani
- (poetic, obsolete) A metaphor for something colorful, due to historical confusion with ارژنگ (aržang, “Arzhang”, the picture-book of Mani):
- brightly colored cloth
- chameleon