گرانبها

Persian

Etymology

From (gerân, “heavy, expensive”) +‎ (bahâ, “price”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɾaːn.ba.ˈhaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑːm.bä.ɦɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑːm.bɑːɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔːm.bɔːɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.ɹɒːm.bæ.ɦɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔm.bä.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	garānbahā
Dari reading^?	garānbahā
Iranian reading^?	gerânbahâ
Tajik reading^?	garonbaho

Adjective

گرانبها • (gerânbahâ)

valuable, precious
Synonyms: ارزشمند (arzešmand), قیمتی (qeymati)
- c. 1100, Masʿūd-i Saʿd-i Salmān, “Qaṣīda 30”, in دیوان مسعود سعد سلمان‎^[1]:
  نشناسم گرانبها چیزی
  که بر جود او نه ارزانست
  na-šināsam garanbahā čīzē
  ki bar jūd-i ō na arzān ast
  I do not know of anything valuable
  Which is not cheap to his generosity.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گرانبها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گرانبها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim