رهنامه

Persian

Alternative forms

  • راهنامه (râhnâme)
  • راهنامج (râhnâmaj) (archaic)
  • رهنامج (rahnâmaj) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian rāhnāmag, from lʾs (rāh, way) + MGLTA, nʾmk' (nāmag, book). Whence also Arabic رَاهْنَامَج (rāhnāmaj), رَهْنَامَج (rahnāmaj), a Middle Persian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? rahnāma
Dari reading? rahnāma
Iranian reading? rahnâme
Tajik reading? rahnoma

Noun

رهنامه • (rahnâme)

  1. periplus
    • 1141-1209, Nizami Ganjavi
      ز خاقان بپرسید کاین شهر کیست
      به رهنامه در نام این شهر چیست
      ze xâqân beporsid kin šahr kist
      be rahnâme dar, nâm-e in šahr čist
      [He] asked from Khaqan, what is this city?
      What is the name of this city in periplus?

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