اندوه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (’ndwh /⁠andōh⁠/, “sorrow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.ˈdoːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪oːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪oː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ʊː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪uːʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ɵʰ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	andōh
Dari reading^?	andōh
Iranian reading^?	anduh
Tajik reading^?	andüh

Noun

اندوه • (andōh / anduh) (Tajik spelling андӯҳ)

sorrow, sadness, melancholy
Synonyms: غم (ġam / ġam), غصه (ġussa / ġosse), حزن (huzn / hozn)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2611:
  چون بر او بنشست زین اندوه گرد / بر همه شاهان عالم رحم کرد
  čun bar ō binišast z-īn andōh gard / bar hama shāhān-i alām rahm kard
  Since dust settled on him from this sorrow, he [Solomon] had compassion for all the kings of the world.

Derived terms

اندوهبار (andōhbār / anduhbâr)
اندوهگین (andōhgīn / anduhgin)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اندوه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press