دد

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dt' /⁠dad⁠/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /⁠dad⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdad/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dad
Dari reading^?	dad
Iranian reading^?	dad
Tajik reading^?	dad

Noun

دد • (dad) (plural ددان)

(archaic) wild animal; wild beast
Antonym: دام (dâm)
- c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]‎^[1]:
  دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌گشت گرد شهر
  کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست
  dī šayx bā čirāġ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
  k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st
  Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
  For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press