رایگان

Persian

Etymology

From (râh, “way”) +‎ (gân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾaːj.ˈɡaːn/, /ɾaː.ja.ˈɡaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːj.ɡɑ́ːn], [rɑː.jä.ɡɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːj.ɡɑ́ːn], [rɑː.jä.ɡɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj.ɡɔ́ːn], [rɔː.jä.ɡɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːj.ɡɒ́ːn], [ɹɒː.je.ɡɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔj.ɡɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rāygān, rāyagān
Dari reading^?	rāygān, rāyagān
Iranian reading^?	râygân, râyegân
Tajik reading^?	roygon

Adjective


Iranian Persian	رایگان
Dari	رایگان
Tajik	ройгон

رایگان • (râyegân)

obtainable without payment, free
Synonyms: مجانی (majjâni), مفت (moft)

― gâz-e râyegân ― free gas
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1679:
  جان ازو آمد نیامد او ز جان
  صدهزاران جان دهد او رایگان
  jân az u âmad nay-âmad u ze jân
  sad-hazârân jân dehad u râygân.
  The soul came from Him, not He from the soul:
  He bestows a hundred thousand souls free of cost.