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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (dt' /dad/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /dad/).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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daḏ
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| Dari reading?
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dad
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| Iranian reading?
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dad
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| Tajik reading?
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dad
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Noun
دد • (dad) (plural ددان (dadân))
- (archaic) wild animal; wild beast
- Antonym: دام (dâm)
c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]:دی شیخ با چراغ همیگشت گرد شهر
کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست- dī šayx bā čirāğ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st - Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.
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