دانشمند

Persian

Etymology

‎ (dâneš, “knowledge”) +‎ ‎ (-mand).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dɑːniʃmand/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dɑːnɪʃmand/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dɒːneʃmænd/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /dɔniʃmand/

Noun

دانشمند • (dânešmand) (plural دانشمندان‎ (dânešmandân) or دانشمندها‎ (dânešmand-hâ))

scholar
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 160:
  ‏زاد دانشمند آثار قلم / زاد صوفی چیست آثار قدم‎
  zâd-e dânešmand âsâr-e qalam / zâd-e sufi či-st âsâr-e qadam
  The scholar's provision is [consists of] pen-marks [written letters and words]. What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks.
(Iran) scientist

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਨਸ਼ਮੰਦ (dānśamand)

Shahmukhi script: دانشمند‎ (dānaśmand)

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