فرمودن

Persian edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plmwtn', plmʾd- /⁠framūdan, framāy-⁠/, “to order, command”), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠framа̄-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *fra- + *maH- (“to measure”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.muː.d̪än]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.muː.d̪än]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.mu.d̪än]

فرمودن • (farmudan) (present stem فرما (farmâ))

to order, to command
Synonym: دستور دادن (dastur dâdan)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 73”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:
  گر تیر جفای دشمنان می‌آید
  دل تنگ مکن که دوست می‌فرماید
  بر یار ذلیل هر ملامت کاید
  چون یار عزیز می‌پسندد شاید
  gar tīr-i jafā-yi dušmanān mē-āyad
  dil tang ma-kun ki dōst mē-farmāyad
  bar yār-i zalīl har malāmat k-āyad
  čōn yār-i azīz mē-pasandad šāyad
  If the arrow of the enemies' cruelty comes [to you],
  Grieve not your heart, for the Friend commands [it]!
  Every disgrace that comes to the wretched lover
  Is endurable, should the dear beloved desire it.
  (Classical Persian transliteration.)
(deferential, formal) to say; used as a substitute for (goftan, “to say”) to show respect.
― či farmudid? ― What did you say?
(deferential, formal) In compound verbs, occasionally used as a substitute for (kardan, “to do”) to show respect.

⇒ Gujarati: ફરમાવવું (pharmāvvũ)
⇒ Bengali: ফরমানো (fôrmano)
⇒ Hindustani:
Hindi: फ़रमाना (farmānā)

Urdu: فرمانا (farmānā)
⇒ Marathi: फर्मावणे (pharmāvṇe)
⇒ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਮਾਉਣਾ (farmāuṇā)

Shahmukhi script: فَرماؤنا (farmā'onā)