جهاندار

Persian

Etymology

جهان (jahân, “world”) +‎ دار (dâr, present stem of داشتن (dâštan, “to have, to hold”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.hɑːn.ˈdɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːɔːn̪.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒːn̪.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɔn̪.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jahāndār
Dari reading?	jahāndār
Iranian reading?	jahândâr
Tajik reading?	jahondor

Noun

جهاندار • (jahândâr) (plural جهانداران (jahândârân))

1. (historical) "possessor of the world": a laudatory title of kings.
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “Introduction”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     جهاندار محمود شاه بزرگ
     به آبشخور آرد همی میش و گرگ

     jahāndār mahmūd šāh-i buzurg
     ba ābišxwar ārad hamē mēš u gurg

     The world-lord Mahmūd, the great king
     Brings the sheep and wolf [together in peace] at the watering-place.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جهاندار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press