دودمان

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwtkmʾn /⁠dūtakmān, dūdagmān⁠/). By surface analysis, دود (dud, “smoke”) +‎ ـمان (-mân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [duːð.mɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːd̪.mɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːd̪.mɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪uːd̪.mɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ud̪.mɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːd̪.mɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ud̪.mɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	dūḏmān
Dari reading?	dūdmān
Iranian reading?	dudmân
Tajik reading?	dudmon

Noun

دودمان • (dudmân) (plural دودمان‌ها (dudmân-hâ))

1. dynasty, lineage, house

   Synonym: سلسله (selsele)

   دودمان پهلوی ― dudmân-e pahlavi ― Pahlavi dynasty

   دودمان سونگ ― dudmân-e sung ― Song dynasty

   • 1628—1629, Iskandar Beg Munshi, عالم‌آرای عباسی [Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi]:

     به توره و آئین مقرر صوفیان دودمان صفویه بر تخت سلطنت و قالیچه ارشاد که میراث آباء و اجداد عظام جنت مقام است متمکن گردانیده شرف پای بوس دریافتند.

     be ture va â'yen-e moqarrar-e sufiyân-e dudmân-e safaviyye bar taxt-e saltanat va qâliče-ye eršâd ke mirâs-e âbâ' va ajdâd-e 'ezâm-e jannat-maqâm ast motammaken gardânide šaraf-e pây-bus dar-yâftand.

     In accordance with the established custom and practice of the Sufis of the Safavid house, they placed him on the throne of the sultanate, and they laid out the prayer rug of spiritual guidance, an heirloom from his great, heavenly-ranked ancestors, and were honored with kissing his feet.

     (from the Roger M. Savory translation)

Related terms

• دودمانی (dudmâni)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: دُودمان (dūdmān)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian دُودْمَان (dūdmān, “dynasty; lineage”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪uːd̪.mɑːn/

Noun

دُودْمان • (dūdmān) m (Hindi spelling दूदमान)

1. dynasty; family, house
2. tribe; clan
3. lineage, bloodline; ancestry, genealogy
4. race; birth; stock
5. (figuratively) fragrance, scent

Usage notes

The term refers especially to direct descent, hence its broad meaning of dynasty, family, and clan, all of which pretain to common descent and lineage.

Derived terms

• دُودْمانِ عالی (dūdmān-i 'ālī, “noble family”)
• والا دُودْمَان (vālā dūdmān, “(of) noble lineage”)
• دُودْمانِ عِلْم (dūdmān-i 'ilm, “learned family”)

References

• “دودمان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.