رایگان

Persian

Etymology

‎ (râh, “way”) +‎ ‎ (gân)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːj(i)ɡɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːj(ɪ)ɡɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɒːj(e)ɡɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɔj(i)ɡɔn/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	رایگان
Dari	رایگان
Tajik	ройгон (roygon)

رایگان • (râyegân)

obtainable without payment, free
Synonyms: مجانی‎ (majjâni), مفت‎ (moft)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1679:
  ‏جان ازو آمد نیامد او ز جان / صدهزاران جان دهد او رایگان‎
  jân az u âmad nay-âmad u ze jân / sad-hazârân jân dehad u râygân.
  The soul came from Him, not He from the soul: He bestows a hundred thousand souls free of cost.

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