زبانزد

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Persian

Etymology

From زبان (zabân, tongue) +‎ زد (zad, past stem of زدن (zadan, strike)).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zaḇānzaḏ
Dari reading? zabānzad
Iranian reading? zabânzad
Tajik reading? zabonzad

Adjective

زبانزد (zabânzad)

  1. (literary) celebrated, talk of the town
    • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول:
      غزالی پس از مرگ امام الحرمین، نشابور را ترک کرد و به بغداد شد. دانش وی اعجاب فضلای عراق را برانگیخت و وی را زبانزد مردم بغداد ساخت.
      ğazālī pas az marg-i imāmu-l-haramayn, nišābūr rā tark kard u ba bağdād šud. dāniš-i way i'jāb-i fuzalā-yi irāq rā barangēxt u way rā zabānzad-i mardum-i bağdād sāxt.
      After the death of the Imām al-Ḥaramayn, Ghazālī left Nishapur and went to Baghdad. His knowledge astonished the erudite men of Iraq and made him the talk of the town of the people of Baghdad.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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