نگون
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nkwn' /nigūn/), which may be akin to Sanskrit न्यञ्च् (nyañc, “directed downwards”).[1] Akin to Old Armenian նկուն (nkun), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ni.ˈɡuːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɪ.ɡuːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɡuːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɡun]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nigūn |
| Dari reading? | nigūn |
| Iranian reading? | negun |
| Tajik reading? | nigun |
| Dari | نگون |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нигун |
Adjective
نگون • (negun)
- turned, inverted, hanging down
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 1145:
- عقل جزوی گاه چیره گه نگون
عقل کلی آمن از ریب المنون- aql-i juzwī gāh čīra gah nigūn
aql-i kullī āmin az raybu l-manūn - The particular intellect is sometimes dominant, sometimes overthrown;
the Universal Intellect is secure from the mischances of Time.
- aql-i juzwī gāh čīra gah nigūn
- upside down
Derived terms
- سرنگون (sarnegun)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nyàñc-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 60
Further reading
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نگون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul