پگاه

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈɡaːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɡɑːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɡɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɡɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.ɡɒːʱ], [pʰe.ɡɒːʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɡɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pagāh
Dari reading^?	pagāh
Iranian reading^?	pagâh, pegâh
Tajik reading^?	pagoh

Noun


Iranian Persian	پگاه
Dari	پگاه
Tajik	пагоҳ

پگاه • (pegâh, pagâh)

dawn
morning
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 673:
  بر نشستی اشترم را از پگاه
  جو رها کردم کم از اخراج کاه
  bar nišastī ušturam-rā az pagāh
  jaw rahā kardam kam az axrāj-i kāh
  You have ridden on my camel since early morning:
  I (will) let the barley go, (but I will not take) less than the cost of (some) straw.”
(Tajik) tomorrow

Proper noun

پگاه • (pegâh)

a female given name, Pegah

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پگاه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پگاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
“پگاه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025