فرهنگستان
Persian
Etymology
20th-century learned borrowing from Middle Persian plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān, “school”). By surface analysis, فرهنگ (farhang, “culture, knowledge, education”) + ـستان (-estân, “place of”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /faɾ.han.ɡis.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.häŋ.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæɹ.hæɲ.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.häŋ.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | farhangistān |
| Dari reading? | farhangistān |
| Iranian reading? | farhangestân |
| Tajik reading? | farhangiston |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
فرهنگستان • (farhangestân) (plural فرهنگستانها)
- academy
- Synonym: (dated) آکادمی (âkâdemi)
- فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی
- farhangestân-e zabân o adab-e fârsi
- Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Related terms
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frahang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farhangestan
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرهنگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press