یزدان
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
یزدان • (Yezdan)
- (Zoroastrianism) God, the creator of good
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یزدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2202
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian yẕdʾn' (yazdān, “gods, spirits”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ǵ- (“to revere, worship, sacrifice”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yazdān |
| Dari reading? | yazdān |
| Iranian reading? | yazdân |
| Tajik reading? | yazdon |
Noun
| Dari | یزدان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | яздон |
یَزْدان • (yazdân)
- god
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 295:
- ز آن سبب فرمود یزدان و الضحی
و الضحی نور ضمیر مصطفی- z-ān sabab farmūd yazdān waz-zuhā
waz-zuhā nūr-i zamīr-i Mustafā - For that reason God said, By the morn:
by the morn is (refers to) the light of the hidden mind of Mustafá (Mohammed).
- z-ān sabab farmūd yazdān waz-zuhā
- a divinity, an angel
- an epithet of saints or prophets
Related terms
Urdu
Etymology
From Classical Persian یزدان (yazdān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jəz.d̪ɑːn/
Noun
یزدان • (yazdān) ?
- God, the creator of good, Goddess of righteousness