پایندگی

Persian

Etymology

Derived from (pāyanda / pâyande, “lasting; faithful”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /paː.jan.da.ˈɡiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.jæn̪.d̪e.ɡʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.jän̪.d̪ä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pāyanda-gī
Dari reading^?	pāyanda-gī
Iranian reading^?	pâyande-gi
Tajik reading^?	poyanda-gi


Iranian Persian	پایندگی
Dari	پایندگی
Tajik	пояндагӣ

Noun

پایندگی • (pāyandagī / pâyandegi) (Tajik spelling пояндагӣ)

firmness, permanence, stability, durability
loyalty, faithfulness
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3298:
  ظاهرش مرگ و به باطن زندگی
  ظاهرش ابتر نهان پایندگی‌‌
  zāhir-aš marg u ba bātin zandagī
  zahir-aš abtar nihān pāyandagi
  ’Tis death outwardly but life inwardly:
  apparently ’tis a cutting-off, in secret ’tis permanence.

References

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