چمدان

Persian

Alternative forms

  • چمه‌دان (čame-dân)
  • چمدون (čamedun) (colloquial Tehrani)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чемода́н (čemodán), from Persian جامه‌دان (jâme-dân, suitcase).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.mä.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.mä.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.mä.d̪ɔːn]
 

Readings
Classical reading? čama-dān
Dari reading? čama-dān
Iranian reading? čame-dân
Tajik reading? čama-don
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari بکس
Iranian Persian چمدان
Tajik ҷомадон, чамадон

چمدان • (čamedân) (plural چمدان‌ها)

  1. suitcase
    آخ، چمدونمو گم کرده‌ام.
    âx! čamedunam-o gom kardam.
    Oh no, I've lost my suitcase.
  2. luggage, baggage