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Persian
Etymology
From چراغ (čerâğ) + ـدان (dân).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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čirāğdān
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| Dari reading?
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čirāğdān
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| Iranian reading?
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čerâğdân
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| Tajik reading?
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čiroġdon
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Noun
| Dari
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چراغدان
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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чироғдон
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چراغدان • (čerâğdân)
- niche for a lamp
- Synonym: مشکات (meškât)
c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]:بر در شهر مشهدی راست کردهاند و آنجا بسیار فرش و طرح و قنادیل و چراغدانهای زرین و نقرهگین نهاده.- bar dar-i šahr mašhadē rāst karda-and u ānjā bisyār farš u tarh u qanādīl u čirāğdān-hā-yi zarrēn u nuqra-gīn nihāda.
- On the city gate, a martyr's shrine has been erected, and many carpets, designs, lanterns, and lamp niches of gold and silver have been placed there.
- candelabrum
- Synonym: شمعدان (šam'dân)
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