شادمان

Persian

Etymology

شاد (šâd, “happy”) +‎ مان (mân, possibly related to ماندن (mândan, “to remain, to stay”)): "lasting happiness".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːð.ˈmɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːd̪.mɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːd̪.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːd̪.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔːd̪.mɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒːd̪.mɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔd̪.mɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāḏmān
Dari reading?	šādmān
Iranian reading?	šâdmân
Tajik reading?	šodmon

Adjective

شادمان • (šâdmân) (comparative شادمان‌تَر (šâdmân-tar), superlative شادمان‌تَرین (šâdmân-tarin))

1. happy; jubilant; glad of mind

   Synonyms: خوشحال (xošhâl), شاد (šâd), سرخوش (sarxoš)

   Antonym: دژمان (dožmân)

   • 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Fereydun”, in Shâhnâme:

     نهاد آن سرش پست بر خاک بر
     همی خواند نفرین به ضحاک بر
     همی آفرین خواند بر کردگار
     بر آن شادمان گردش روزگار

     nihād ān sar-aš past bar xāk bar
     hamē xwānd nifrīn ba zahhāk bar
     hamē āfarīn xwānd bar kardigār
     bar ān šādmān gardiš-i rōzigār

     She bowed her head low on the earth,
     Reciting curses on Zahhāk,
     Reciting praises for the Creator God,
     [And] for the happy turn of events.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 191:

     اندر آمد شادمان در راه مرد
     بی‌‌خبر کان شاه قصد جانش کرد

     andar āmad šādmān dar rāh mard
     bē xabar k-ān šāh qasd-i jān-aš kard

     Blithely the man came into the road, unaware that the king had formed a design against his life.

Descendants

• → Middle Bengali: শাদমান (śadoman)
  • Bengali: সাদমান (śadoman)