بازرگان

Persian

Alternative forms

بازارگان (bâzârgân) (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier (bâzârgân), from Middle Persian wʾčʾlkʾn' (wāzāragān, “merchant”). Compare Old Armenian վաճառական (vačaṙakan). Analyzable as (bâzâr, “bazaar”) +‎ (gân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baː.zar.ˈɡaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.zäɾ.ɡɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.zäɾ.ɡɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.zäɾ.ɡɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.zæɹ.ɡɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.zäɾ.ɡɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bāzargān
Dari reading^?	bāzargān
Iranian reading^?	bâzargân
Tajik reading^?	bozargon

Noun

بازرگان • (bāzargān / bâzargân) (plural بازرگانان (bāzargānān / bâzargânân), or بازرگان‌ها (bāzargān-hā / bâzargân-hâ), Tajik spelling бозаргон)

merchant, trader
Synonyms: تاجر (tâjer), سوداگر (sowdâgar)

Derived terms

بازرگانی (bâzargâni)

Related terms

بازار (bâzâr)

Proper noun

بازرگان • (bāzargān / bâzargân) (Tajik spelling Бозаргон)

a surname, Bazargan