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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian wydʾpʾn (wiyābān, “astray, wandering; desert”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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biyāḇān
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Dari reading?
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biyābān
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Iranian reading?
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biyâbân
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Tajik reading?
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biyobon
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Noun
Dari
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بیابان
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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биёбон
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بیابان • (biyâbân) (plural بیابانها (biyâbân-hâ))
- barren wilderness, the boonies
- desert
- Synonyms: صحرا (sahrâ), دشت (dašt)
1315-1390, Hafiz, “یوسف گمگشته بازآید به کنعان [From Canaan Joseph Shall Return]”, in غزلیات [Ghazaliyyat]:در بیابان گر به شوق کعبه خواهی زد قدم – سرزنشها گر کند خار مغیلان غم مخور- dar biyābān gar ba šawq-i ka'ba xwāhī zad qadam — sarzaniš-hā gar kunad xār-i muğēlān ğam maxwar
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
11th cent., Bābā Tahīr, “مو آن دلدادهٔ بیخانمانم”, in دوبیتیها [Do-baytīs]:مو آن دلدادهٔ بیخانمانم – مو آن محنت نصیب سختجانم
مو آن سرگشتهخارم در بیابان – که چون بادی وزد هر سو دوانم- mō ān dildāda-yi bē-xānumānam – mō ān mihnat-nasīb-i saxat-jānam
mō ān sargašta-xāram dar biyābān – ki čūn bādī wazad har sō dawānam - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
Enclitic-attached forms of بیابان (biyâbân) (Iranian Persian)
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Basic forms of بیابان (biyâbân)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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بیابان (biyâbân)
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بیابانها (biyâbân-hấ) بیابانا △ (biyâbânấ)
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definitive direct object
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بیابان را (biyâbân râ) بیابان رو △ (biyâbâno)
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بیابانها را (biyâbân-hấ râ) بیابانا رو △ (biyâbânấ ro)
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ezâfe
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بیابان (biyâbân-e)
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بیابانهای (biyâbân-hấ-ye) بیابانای △ (biyâbânấ-ye)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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بیابانی (biyâbân-i)
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بیابانهایی (biyâbânấn-i, biyâbân-hấ-i) بیابانایی △ (biyâbânấi)
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△ Colloquial.
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