جهانگرد

Persian

Etymology

From (jahān, “world”) +‎ (gard, present stem of (gaštan, “to turn, to walk around, to tour”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.haːn.ˈɡaɾd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːɑːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːɔːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒːɲ.ɡʲǽɹd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɔŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jahāngard
Dari reading^?	jahāngard
Iranian reading^?	jahângard
Tajik reading^?	jahongard

Noun


Iranian Persian	جهانگرد
Dari	جهانگرد
Tajik	ҷаҳонгард

جهانگرد • (jahângard)

tourist
Synonym: توریست (turist)
(obsolete, original sense) traveler of the world; great voyager

Derived terms

جهانگردی (jahângardi)

Adjective

جهانگرد • (jahângard)

(obsolete) traveling or circling the world
- c. 1200, Kamāl ud-Dīn Iṣfahānī, سوگندنامه [Book of Oaths]‎^[1]:
  به آفتاب جهانگرد و ظلّ گوشه‌نشین
  به چرخ نادره‌زای و جهان مردشکار […]
  ba āftāb-i jahān-gard u zill-i gōša-nišīn
  ba čarx-i nādira-zāy u jahān-i mard-šikār […]
  By the sunlight that circles the world, by the shadow that sits in the corner,
  By the heaven that brings forth rarities, by the world that hunts down men […]
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جهانگرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim