مادیان

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtygʾn (mādiyān). Akin to ماده (mâda, female).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? māḏiyān
Dari reading? mādiyān
Iranian reading? mâdiyân
Tajik reading? modiyon

Noun

Dari مادیان
Iranian Persian
Tajik модиён

مادیان (mâdiyân) (plural مادیان‌ها (mâdiyân-hâ))

  1. mare; the female of a horse and sometimes other equine animal
    • 977-1010, Firdawsī, Shāhnāma, "گفتار اندر داستان فرود سیاوش"
      خروش دم مادیان یافت اسپ
      بجوشید برسان آذرگشسپ
      xurōš-i dum-i mādiyān yāft asp
      bijōšīd bar-sān-i āḏargušasp
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1197, Nizāmī, Haft Paykar, "کشتن بهرام اژدها را و گنج یافتن"
      آخرالامر مادیان گوری
      آمد افکند در جهان شوری
      āxar-ul-amr mādiyān gōrē
      āmad afkand dar jahān šōrē
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    مادیان‌گورmâdiyân-gôrfemale zebra

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