جهانگیر

Persian

Etymology

From جهان‎ (jahân, “world”) +‎ گیر‎ (gir, present stem of گرفتن‎ (gereftan, “to take”)).

Pronunciation

(phonemic)

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒahɔnˈɡiɾ/

(phonetic Iranian pronunciation)

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒæhɒŋˈɡʲiːɾ]

Adjective

جهانگیر • (jahângir)

  1. world-conquering
  2. prevailing throughout the entire world
    • 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jelve-ye Zât]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
      ‏فلک از لمعه ماه جهانگیر لبالب بود همچون کاسه شیر‎
      falak az lam'e-ye mâh-e jahângir labâlab bud hamčon kâse-ye šir
      The sky, with the flashes of the world-conquering moon, was overflowing like a bowl full of milk.

Derived terms

Noun

جهانگیر • (jahângir) (plural جهانگیران‎ (jahângirân))

  1. world-conqueror

Proper noun

جهانگیر • (jahângir)

  1. a male given name, Jahangir
  2. (in particular) Jahangir, Mughal emperor (lived 1569—1627, r. 1605—1627)
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