جاودان

Persian

Alternative forms

جاویدان (jâvêdân)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.wi.ˈdaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.wi.d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ve.d̪ɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.vi.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jāwidān
Dari reading^?	jāwidān
Iranian reading^?	jâvedân
Tajik reading^?	jovidon

Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective


Iranian Persian	جاودان
Dari	جاودان
Tajik	ҷовидон

جاودان • (jâvedân)

eternal, everlasting, self-perpetuating, sempiternal living, immortal
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3843:
  پس وفاگر را چه بخشم تو بدان
  گنجها و ملکهای جاودان‌‌
  pas wafā-gar rā či baxšam tū bi-dān
  ganj-hā u mulk-hā-i jāwidān
  What then do I bestow on the doer of righteousness? Know thou,
  (I bestow) treasures and kingdoms everlasting.