ـگان
Persian
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [.ɡɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [.ɡɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [.ɡɔn]
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Etymology 1
editFrom Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (-kʾn' /-(a)gān/). Compare Old Armenian -ական (-akan), an Iranian borrowing.
Suffix
editـگان • (-gân)
- a suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings
- راه (râh, “way”) → رایگان (râygân, “free”), literally “something that can be found on the way”
- شاه (šâh, “king”) → شایگان (šâygân, “royal, kingly, treasure, valuable thing”)
- ده (deh, “village”) → دهقان (dehqân, “villager, farmer”), literally “pertaining to the village”
- بازار (bâzâr, “market”) → بازرگان (bâzargân, “merchant, trader”)
- مهر (mehr, “month of Mehr”) → مهرگان (mehregân, “Mehregan”, a Persian celebration that takes place in the month of Mehr)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
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Suffix
editـگان • (-gân)