پاسارگاد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Pasargades, from Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai), from Old Persian *Pāθragadā.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /paː.saːr.ˈɡaːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.sɑːɾ.ɡɑːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.sɑːɾ.ɡɑːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.sɔːɾ.ɡɔːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.sɒːɹ.ɡɒːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔ.sɔɾ.ɡɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pāsārgād
Dari reading^?	pāsārgād
Iranian reading^?	pâsârgâd
Tajik reading^?	posorgod

Proper noun

پاسارگاد • (pāsārgād / pâsârgâd) (Tajik spelling Посоргод)

(historical) Pasargadae (an ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire)
Pasargad (a county of Fars Province, Iran)

Descendants

→ English: Pasargad