Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rāh zaḏan
Dari reading? rāh zadan
Iranian reading? râh zadan
Tajik reading? roh zadan

Verb

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راه زدن (râh zadan)

  1. to plunder on the road; to waylay and loot (e.g. a caravan)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 184”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      جنگِ هفتاد و دو ملت همه را عذر بنه
      چون ندیدند حقیقت ره افسانه زدند
      jang-i haftâd u du millat hama râ uzr binih
      čôn na-dîdand haqîqat rah-i afsâna zadand
      In the war of the seventy-two sects, pardon them all;
      Because they did not see the truth, they plundered [the caravan of] myth.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. to block a road
    • c. 1490, Nūr-ud-Dīn 'Abd-ur-Rahmān Jāmī, خردنامهٔ اسکندری [Alexander’s Book of Wisdom]:
      منم همچو آن خاد حرمان زده
      ره خرمی بر دل و جان زده
      man-am hamčô ân xâd hirmân zada
      rah-i khurramî bar dil o jân zada
      I am just like that kite, struck by disappointment;
      The way of happiness is blocked to my heart and soul.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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