دردناک

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Persian

Etymology

From دَرد (dard, pain) +‎ ـناک (-nâk, -ful).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dardnāk
Dari reading? dardnāk
Iranian reading? dardnâk
Tajik reading? dardnok

Adjective

دَردناک (dardnâk) (comparative دَردناک‌تَر (dardnâk-tar), superlative دَردناک‌تَرین (dardnâk-tarin))

  1. painful, sore, aching
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1661:
      نیستم بی‌رحم بل زان هر سه پاک، رحم بیشستم ز درد دردناک
      nistam bi-rahm, bal z-ân har se pâk, rahm bišastam ze dard-e dardnâk.
      I am not pitiless; nay, I have greater pity than those three holy ones for the sorrow of the sorrowful.
    • (Can we date this quote?), ابراهیم بوالحسنی [Ebrâhim Bu-al-Hasani], translated by Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, پلاک [Dog Tag]:
      و ناگهان خبری دردناک آوردند / ز رد پای تو یک مشت خاک آوردند / هنوز باورم این بود باز می‌گردی / برای باورم اما پلاک آوردند
      va nâgahân xabar-i dardnâk âvardand / ze radd-e pâ-ye to yek mošt xâk âvardand / hanuz bâvar-am in bud bâz mi-gardi / barâ-ye bâvar-am ammâ pelâk âvardand
      Without any warning, they brought painful news / From your footprints they brought a handful of dust. / Still I was convinced, "he will return." / To convince me, they brought me a dog-tag.

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਦਨਾਕ (dardanāk)
    Shahmukhi script: دردناک (dardnāk)
  • Urdu: درد ناک (dard nâk)