دیگدان

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [deːɡ.ˈdɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɡ.d̪ɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iːɡʲ.d̪ɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɡ.d̪ɔ́n]

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

Noun

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

• اجاق (ojâq)
• کوره (kure)
• تنور (tanur)
• آتشدان (âtašdân)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દેગદાન (degdān)
• → Urdu: دیگ دان (deg-dān)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دیگدان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دیگدان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press