گردون

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾ.ˈduːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.d̪uːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.d̪uːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.d̪un]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæɹ.d̪uːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäɾ.d̪un]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gardūn
Dari reading^?	gardūn
Iranian reading^?	gardun
Tajik reading^?	gardun

Etymology 1

From the verb (gaštan, “to rotate, turn, revolve”). Equivalent to (gard) +‎ (-un).

Noun

گردون • (gardun)

wheel (Any circular device which rotates on its axis.)
(poetic) sky, space, heaven
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3423:
  عدل توزیم و عبادت آوریم
  باز هر شب سوی گردون بر پریم
  'adl tûzîm u 'ibâdat âvardîm
  bâz har šab sôy-i-gardûn bar parîm
  We will deal justice and perform worship
  and every night we will fly up again to Heaven

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wardyūn).

Noun

گردون • (gardun)

Synonyms

گردونه (gardune), ارّابه (arrâbe)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گردون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wardyūn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 87