دمدمه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَمْدَمَة (damdama).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dam.da.ma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äm.d̪ä.mä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äm.d̪ä.mä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äm.d̪ä.mä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äm.d̪ä.mä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æm.d̪æ.me]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äm.d̪ä.mä]

Readings
Classical reading?	damdama
Dari reading?	damdama
Iranian reading?	damdame
Tajik reading?	damdama

Dari	دمدمه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дамдама

Noun

دمدمه • (damdame)

1. clamor, noise, disturbance
2. slyness, craftiness, deceit, fraud
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 252:

     خانه‏ی دیو است دلهای همه
     کم پذیر از دیو مردم دمدمه‏

     xāna-i dēw ast dil-hā-i hama
     kam pazīr az dēw mardum damdama

     The hearts of all are the Devil's house:
     do not accept the palaver of devilish men.

References

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