رنج
Persian
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit रञ्ज् (rañj).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈɾand͡ʒ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ränd͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹænd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾänd͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ranj |
| Dari reading? | ranj |
| Iranian reading? | ranj |
| Tajik reading? | ranj |
Adjective
| Dari | رنج |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ранҷ |
رنج • (ranj) (plural رنجها (ranj-hâ))
- pain, toil, trouble
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 202:
- داد او را جمله ملک این جهان / حق ندادش درد و رنج و اندهان
- dâd ô râ jumla-i-mulk-i-ên jahân / haq na-dâd-aš dard u ranj u andhân
- God gave him all the empire of this world, (but) He did not give him grief and pain and sorrows.
- affliction, hardship, bodily pain
- illness, ailment
- (Dari) wrench, spanner
References
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رنج”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim