دیگدان

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Persian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Morphologically from دیگ (dêg, pot) +‎ ـدان (-dân, holder, container).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

Readings
Classical reading? dēgdān
Dari reading? dēgdān
Iranian reading? digdân
Tajik reading? degdon

Noun

[edit]
Dari دیگدان
Iranian Persian اجاق
Tajik дегдон

دیگدان (dêgdân) (plural دیگدان‌ها (dêgdân-hâ))

  1. (Dari and elsewhere dialectal) stove
  2. (archaic) fireplace used for cooking purposes, oven
    • 13th century, Saadi Shirazi, Ghazalyat
      ز دیگدان لئیمان چون دود بگریزند
      نه دست کفچه کنند از برای کاسهٔ آش

Synonyms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Gujarati: દેગદાન (degdān)
  • Urdu: دیگ دان (deg-dān)

References

[edit]