گمان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmʾn' /⁠gumān⁠/, “doubt”), from Proto-Iranian *wimānah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (vīmanō, one of the Ahrimanic plagues: doubt?), Sanskrit विमनस् (vimanas, “sad, disconsolate”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡu.ˈmaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.mɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.mɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.mɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.mɒːn], [ɡʲæ.mɒːn]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.muːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.mɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gumān
Dari reading^?	gumān
Iranian reading^?	gomân, gamân
Tajik reading^?	gumon

Noun

گُمان • (gomân)

assumption; supposition; opinion; conjecture; suspicion

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: güman
→ Georgian: გუმანი (gumani)
→ Kazakh: күмән (kümän)
→ Uyghur: گۇمان (guman)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gumān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.mɑːn/

Noun

گُمان • (gumān) m (Hindi spelling गुमान)

mistrust, doubt; uncertainty
Synonyms: شَک (śak), سَنْشَیَہ (sanśaya), سَنْدیہ (sandeh), شُبَہ (śuba), رَیب (raib), بھَرَم (bharam)