سوداگری

Persian

Etymology

From (sawdāgar / sowdâgar, “merchant”) +‎ (-ī / -i, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saw.daː.ɡa.ˈɾiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säw.d̪ɑː.ɡä.ɾiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säw.d̪ɑː.ɡä.ɾiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säw.d̪ɔː.ɡä.ɾi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sow.d̪ɒː.ɡʲæ.ɹiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säw.d̪ɔ.ɡä.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sawdāgarī
Dari reading^?	sawdāgarī
Iranian reading^?	sowdâgari
Tajik reading^?	savdogari

Noun

سوداگری • (sawdāgarī / sowdâgari) (Tajik spelling савдогарӣ)

trade, commerce
- 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Tour of the city of Marghadin”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:
  خدمت از رسم و رہ پیغمبری است
  مزد خدمت خواستن سوداگری است
  xidmat az rasm u rah-i payġambarī ast
  muzd-i xidmat xwāstan sawdāgarī ast
  Service belongs to the wont and way of prophethood;
  to seek a reward for service is mere commerce.
  (Indo-Persian script)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سوداگری”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim