دد

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dt' /⁠dad⁠/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /⁠dad⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	daḏ
Dari reading?	dad
Iranian reading?	dad
Tajik reading?	dad

Noun

دد • (dad) (plural ددان (dadân))

1. (archaic) wild animal; wild beast

   Antonym: دام (dâm)

   • c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]‎^[1]:

     دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌گشت گرد شهر
     کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست

     dī šayx bā čirāğ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
     k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st

     Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
     For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press