درون

Persian

Etymology 1

Clipping of اندرون (andarun), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwn' /⁠andarōn⁠/, “inside, within”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	darūn
Dari reading?	darūn
Iranian reading?	darun
Tajik reading?	darun

Noun

درون • (darun)

1. interior, inside, inner, inward, bowels, core, heart

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: درون (derun)
• → Northern Kurdish: derûn

Preposition

درون • (darun) (chiefly with با (bâ), but also other prepositions or none)

1. in, inside
2. amongst, within, between
3. into, directionally inside

Adverb

درون • (darun)

1. inside, from the inner

Related terms

• درونه (darune)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”), also attested in Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢ (drōn, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”) and a derivative ܕܪܘܢܝܐ (drōnāyyā, “a kind of attendant serving sacred bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.ˈɾuːn], [du.ˈɾuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ɾúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ɾún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.ɹúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ɾún]

Readings
Classical reading?	darūn, durūn
Dari reading?	durūn
Iranian reading?	dorun
Tajik reading?	durun

Noun

درون • (dorun)

1.  a kind of corn measure
2. a certain ritual by the Zoroastrians (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• “drwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “drwnyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 156
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “درون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 515
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “درون”, 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^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 837
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, pages 376–377
• Wolff, Fritz (1991) “Verbesserungen und Zusätze zum Schahname-Glossar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[4] (in German), volume 141, page 99