مادیان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtygʾn (mādiyān). Akin to (mâda, “female”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ði.ˈjɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪i.jɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪i.jɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪i.jɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.d̪i.jɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.d̪i.jɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	māḏiyān
Dari reading^?	mādiyān
Iranian reading^?	mâdiyân
Tajik reading^?	modiyon

Noun


Iranian Persian	مادیان
Dari	مادیان
Tajik	модиён

مادیان • (mâdiyân) (plural مادیان‌ها (mâdiyân-hâ))

mare; the female of a horse and sometimes other equine animal
- 977-1010, Firdawsī, Shāhnāma, "گفتار اندر داستان فرود سیاوش"
  خروش دم مادیان یافت اسپ
  بجوشید برسان آذرگشسپ
  xurōš-i dum-i mādiyān yāft asp
  bijōšīd bar-sān-i āḏargušasp
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1197, Nizāmī, Haft Paykar, "کشتن بهرام اژدها را و گنج یافتن"
  آخرالامر مادیان گوری
  آمد افکند در جهان شوری
  āxar-ul-amr mādiyān gōrē
  āmad afkand dar jahān šōrē
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
― mâdiyân-gôr ― female zebra

Descendants

→ Armenian: մադիան (madian)
→ Azerbaijani: madyan / مادیان
→ Ottoman Turkish: مادیان (mâdiyân)
→ Urdu: مادیان (mādiyān)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مادیان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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