یغما

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, probably from Proto-Turkic *yag- (“to fall from the sky (of rain, snow, etc.)”) with a figurative sense of "to fall upon, to attack, to raid", which then transferred to "the outcome of a raid; booty, pillage". Compare Turkish yağma (“raiding, looting; sack, pillage”).

Attested in Persian since the eleventh century.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jaɣ.ˈmɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäɣ.mɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäɣ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jäɣ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jäɣ.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæɢ.mɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʁ.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	yağmā
Dari reading?	yağmā
Iranian reading?	yağmâ
Tajik reading?	yaġmo

Noun

یغما • (yağmâ)

1. booty; plunder
   • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[1]:

     چشم تو و خط و خالت ای بت رعنا
     برده زمن عقل و صبر و هوش به یغما

     čašm-e to o xat o xâl-at ey bot-e ra'nâ
     borde zaman-e aql o sabr o huš be yağmâ

     Your eye and your down and your beauty-mark, o beautiful idol,
     Has carried off as plunder the time for reason and patience and wisdom.

Derived terms

• یغماگر (yağmâgar)
• یغمایی (yağmâyi)