گمان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmʾn' /gumān/, “doubt”), from Proto-Iranian *wimānah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋‎ (vīmanō, one of the Ahrimanic plagues: doubt?), Sanskrit विमनस् (vimanas, “sad, disconsolate”).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡʊmɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡomɒːn/, /ɡæmɒːn/
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /ɡæmuːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡumɔn/

Noun

گُمان • (gomân)

assumption; supposition; opinion; conjecture; suspicion

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: güman
→ Georgian: გუმანი (gumani)
→ Kazakh: күмән (kümän)

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