تابان
Persian
Etymology
From تاب (tâb, “heat, radiance”) + ـان (-ân, A suffix forming adjectives from the present tense verb stem).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /taː.ˈbaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒː.bɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔ.bɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tābān |
| Dari reading? | tābān |
| Iranian reading? | tâbân |
| Tajik reading? | tobon |
Adjective
| Dari | تابان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | тобон |
تابان • (tâbân)
- shining, luminous, radiant
- Synonym: درخشان (deraxšân)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2862:
- گنج مخفی بد ز پری چاک کرد / خاک را تابان تر از افلاک کرد
- ganj-i-maxfi bud ze puri čâk kard / xâk râ tâbân-tar az aflâk kard
- ’Twas a hidden treasure: because of its fullness it burst forth and made the earth more shining than the heavens.
Descendants
- → Arabic: طَابَان (ṭābān)
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تابان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim