جهانگرد

Persian

Etymology

From جهان (jahān, “world”) +‎ گرد (gard, present stem of گشتن (gaštan, “to turn, to walk around, to tour”)).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːɑːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːɔːŋ.ɡǽɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒːɲ.ɡʲǽɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɔŋ.ɡǽɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jahāngard
Dari reading?	jahāngard
Iranian reading?	jahângard
Tajik reading?	jahongard

Noun

Dari	جهانگرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷаҳонгард

جهانگرد • (jahângard)

1. tourist

   Synonym: توریست (turist)

2. (obsolete, original sense) traveler of the world; great voyager

Derived terms

• جهانگردی (jahângardi)

 

Adjective

جهانگرد • (jahângard)

1. (obsolete) traveling or circling the world
   • c. 1200, Kamāl ud-Dīn Iṣfahānī, سوگندنامه [Book of Oaths]‎^[1]:

     به آفتاب جهانگرد و ظلّ گوشه‌نشین
     به چرخ نادره‌زای و جهان مردشکار […]

     ba āftāb-i jahān-gard u zill-i gōša-nišīn
     ba čarx-i nādira-zāy u jahān-i mard-šikār […]

     By the sunlight that circles the world, by the shadow that sits in the corner,
     By the heaven that brings forth rarities, by the world that hunts down men […]

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جهانگرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim