صدد
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَدَد (ṣadad).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.ˈdad/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d̪ád̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.d̪ǽd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d̪ád̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sadad |
| Dari reading? | sadad |
| Iranian reading? | sadad |
| Tajik reading? | sadad |
Noun
صدد • (sadad)
- purpose, intention, design
- در صدد چیزی برآمدن
- dar sadad-e čizi bar-âmadan
- to seek to do something, to be on the verge of doing something
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صدد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim