دیگدان

Persian

Etymology

Morphologically from (dēg / dig, “pot”) +‎ (-dān / -dân, “holder, container”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /deːɡ.ˈdaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɔ́ːn]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	dēgdān
Dari reading^?	dēgdān
Iranian reading^?	digdân
Tajik reading^?	degdon

Noun


Dari	دیگدان
Iranian Persian	اجاق
Tajik	дегдон

دیگدان • (dēgdān / digdân) (plural دیگدان‌ها)

(Dari and elsewhere dialectal) stove
(archaic) fireplace used for cooking purposes, oven
- 13th century, Saadi Shirazi, Ghazalyat
  ز دیگدان لئیمان چون دود بگریزند
  نه دست کفچه کنند از برای کاسهٔ آش

Synonyms

اجاق (ujāq / ojâġ)
کوره (kōra / kure)
تنور (tannūr / tannur)
آتشدان (ātašdān / âtašdân)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: દેગદાન (degdān)
→ Urdu: دیگ دان (deg-dān)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دیگدان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دیگدان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press