فراوان

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɑː.ˈwɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ɾɑː.wɑ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹɒː.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	firāwān
Dari reading?	firāwān
Iranian reading?	farâvân
Tajik reading?	firavon

Adjective

فراوان • (farâvân)

1. abundant, ample, profuse

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: firavan
• → Ottoman Turkish: فراوان (firavan)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فراوان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فراوان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 463
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “فراوان”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 648a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, pages 603b–604a