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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (cf. Arabic بِجَادَق (bijādaq)), by surface analysis, بی (bi, “without”) + جاده (jâde, “road, (here: streak)”). Compare Old Georgian ბეჭედი (beč̣edi), Armenian պիճատի (pičati), Iranian borrowings. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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bījāḏa
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| Dari reading?
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bījāda
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| Iranian reading?
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bijâde
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| Tajik reading?
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bijoda
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Noun
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بیجاده
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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биҷода
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بیجاده • (bijâde)
- garnet or ruby
- Synonym: نارسَنگ (nârsang)
- 982, Hudūd al-'Ālam
و اندر بدخشان معدن سیم است و زر و بیجاده و لاجورد.- va andar badaxšân ma'dan-i sêm ast u zar u bîjâde u lâjavard.
- and in Badakhshan there are mines of silver, gold, garnet (or maybe ruby), and lapis lazuli.
- (archaic, literary) amber
- Synonym: کَهربا (kahrobâ)
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
شد آن تخت شاهی و آن دستگاه
زمانه ربودش چو بیجاده کاه- šod ân taxt-e šâhi-yyo ân dastgâh
zamâne robudaš čo bijâde kâh. - the fate snatched his throne and court, just like how the amber attracts straw.
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