فرهنگ
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Mazanderani
Alternative forms
Proper noun
فرهنگ (Farheng)
- a male given name
Persian
Etymology
Deverbal noun of فرهیختن (farhixtan). From Middle Persian plʾhng (/frahang/, “education, knowledge; dictionary”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *θanǰáyati; see there for further information. Compare Old Armenian հրահանգ (hrahang), an Iranian loanword.
Pronunciation
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| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | farhang |
| Dari reading? | farhang |
| Iranian reading? | farhang |
| Tajik reading? | farhang |
Noun
| Dari | فرهنگ |
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| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | фарҳанг |
فَرْهَنْگ • (farhang) (plural فَرهَنگها (farhang-hâ))
- culture
- نشان فرهنگ و هنر ― nešân-e farhang o honar ― Order of Culture and Art
- فرهنگ و تمدن ایران ― farhang o tamaddon-e irân ― the culture and civilization of Iran
- knowledge, education
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 3781:
- تکیه بر عقل خود و فرهنگ خویش / بودمان تا این بلا آمد به پیش
- takye bar 'aql-e xod o farhang-e xiš / bud-emân tâ in balâ âmad be piš
- We relied on our own intelligence and wisdom, so that this tribulation has come to pass.
- civility, courtesy
- Synonym: ادب (adab)
- dictionary
Inflection
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Derived terms
Proper noun
فَرهَنگ • (farhang)
- a male given name
Descendants
- → Urdu: فَرہَنگ
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frahang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32