جاودان

Persian

Alternative forms

• جاویدان (jâvidân)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wi.ˈðɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.wi.d̪ɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ve.d̪ɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.vi.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāwiḏān
Dari reading?	jāwidān
Iranian reading?	jâvedân
Tajik reading?	jovidon

• Rhymes: -ân

Adjective

Dari	جاودان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷовидон

جاودان • (jâvedân)

1. eternal, everlasting, self-perpetuating, sempiternal living, immortal
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3843:

     پس وفاگر را چه بخشم تو بدان
     گنجها و ملکهای جاودان‌‌

     pas wafā-gar rā či baxšam tū bi-dān
     ganj-hā u mulk-hā-i jāwidān

     What then do I bestow on the doer of righteousness? Know thou,
     (I bestow) treasures and kingdoms everlasting.