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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (glwʾkn' /grawgān/), 𐫃𐫡𐫇𐫃𐫀𐫗 (grwgʾn /grawgān/, “pledge, security”). By surface analysis, گرو (gerow) + ـگان (gân).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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girawgān, garawgān
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| Dari reading?
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girawgān
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| Iranian reading?
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gerowgân
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| Tajik reading?
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garavgon
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Noun
| Dari
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گروگان
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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гаравгон
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گروگان • (gerowgân) (plural گروگانان (gerowgânân) or گروگان‌ها (gerowgân-hâ))
- hostage
2023 October 26, “فرزند گروگان اسرائیلی: مردم غزه مقصر نیستند و نباید مجازت شوند”, in aa.com.tr, Anadolu Agency:متاسفانه مادرم فقط یک شهروند اسرائیلی است، گروگان‌هایی که در روزهای اول آزاد شدند، شهروندان آمریکایی بودند.- mota'assefâne mâdar-am faqat yek šahrvand-e esrâ'ili ast, gerowgân-hâ-yi ke dar ruz-hâ-ye avval âzâd šodand, šahrvandân-e âmrikâyi budand.
- Unfortunately, my mother is only an Israeli citizen. The hostages who were freed in the first days were American citizens.
- (dated, original sense) pledge, pawn, gage
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