جامه‌دان

Persian

Etymology

From جامه (jâme, “cloth”) +‎ دان (dân, “container”). Doublet of چمدان (čamedân).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	jāmaḏān
Dari reading?	jāmadān
Iranian reading?	jâmadân
Tajik reading?	jomadon

• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

Dari	جامه‌دان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чамадон

جامه‌دان • (jâme-dân) (plural جامه‌دان‌ها (jâme-dân-hâ))

1. suitcase, portmanteau
2. wardrobe, cabinet for clothes

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çamadan
• → Kazakh: шабадан (şabadan)
• → Nogai: шемидан (şemidan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جامدان
  • → Albanian: xhamadan
  • → Romanian: geamantan, geamandan
• → Turkmen: çemedan
• → Urdu: جامَہ دان (jāma dān)

(via a Turkic source)

• → Belarusian: чамадан (čamadan)
• → Russian: чемода́н (čemodán) (see there for further descendants)