هامون
Persian
Alternative forms
- هامن (hâmon) (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Persian hʾmwn' (hāmōn, “level, flat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /haː.ˈmuːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɑː.múːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hɒː.múːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hɔ.mún]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hāmūn |
| Dari reading? | hāmūn |
| Iranian reading? | hâmun |
| Tajik reading? | homun |
Noun
هامون • (hâmun)
Derived terms
- هاموننورد (hâmun-navard)
Descendants
Proper noun
هامون • (hâmun)
- a male given name, Hamoon or Hamoun
- Hamoon Lake, Iran
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “هامون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hāmōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press