مجان
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَجَّان (majjān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mad.ˈd͡ʒaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäd.d͡ʒɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæd.d͡ʒɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäd.d͡ʒɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | majjān |
| Dari reading? | majjān |
| Iranian reading? | majjân |
| Tajik reading? | majjon |
| Dari | مجان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | маҷон |
Adjective
مجان • (majjân)
- gratuitous
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 371:
- مرد میراثی چه داند قدر مال
رستمی جان کند و مجان یافت زال- mard-i mīrāsī či dānad qadr-i māl
Rustam-ē jān kunad u majjān yāft Zāl - How should a man who inherits know the value of wealth?
A Rustam tore his soul (in acquiring it), (whereas) Zál got it cost-free.
- mard-i mīrāsī či dānad qadr-i māl
- abundant, sufficient
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مجان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul