آزمودن

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaːz.muː.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.muː.d̪ǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːz.muː.d̪ǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːz.mu.d̪ǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːz.muː.d̪ǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔz.mu.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āzmūdan
Dari reading^?	āzmūdan
Iranian reading^?	âzmudan
Tajik reading^?	ozmudan

Audio (Iran): (file)

Verb


Iranian Persian	آزمودن
Dari	آزمودن
Tajik	озмудан

آزمودن • (âzmudan) (present stem آزما (âzmâ))

to test
to try
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1809:
  چون سفر کردم مرا راه آزمود
  زین سفر کردن ره آوردم چه بود
  čōn safar kardam marā rāh azmūd
  z-īn safar kardan rah āwardam či būd
  When I travelled, the Way tried me:
  what was the present I brought (home) from this travelling?”
to experiment
to prove
to examine
to experience

Related terms

آزمایش (âzmâyeš)
آزمودگی (âzmude-gi)
آزمون (âzmun)
آزموده (âzmude)

Descendants

(via present stem (āzmā))

⇒ Gujarati: અજમાવવું (ajmāvvũ)
⇒ Hindustani: āzmānā
Hindi: आज़माना

Urdu: آزْمانا
⇒ Malvi: अजमाणो (ajmāṇo)
⇒ Marathi: āj̈māvṇe
Devanagari script: आजमावणे

Modi script: 𑘁𑘕𑘦𑘰𑘪𑘜𑘹
⇒ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਜ਼ਮਾਉਣਾ (azamāuṇā)

Shahmukhi script: اَزماؤݨا (azmā'oṇā)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آزمودن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 14
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آزمودن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 45