گروگان
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (glwʾkn' /grawgān/), 𐫃𐫡𐫇𐫃𐫀𐫗 (grwgʾn /grawgān/, “pledge, security”). By surface analysis, گرو (gerow) + ـگان (gân).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɡi.raw.ˈɡaːn/, /ɡa.raw.ˈɡaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɪ.ɾäw.ɡɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲe.ɹow.ɡɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡä.ɾäw.ɡɔ́n], [ɡi.ɾäw.ɡɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | girawgān, garawgān |
| Dari reading? | girawgān |
| Iranian reading? | gerowgân |
| Tajik reading? | garavgon, giravgon |
Noun
گروگان • (girawgān, garawgān / gerowgân) (plural گروگانان (girawgānān, garawgānān / gerowgânân), or گروگانها (girawgān-hā, garawgān-hā / gerowgân-hâ), Tajik spelling гаравгон, or гиравгон)
- hostage
- 2023 October 26, “فرزند گروگان اسرائیلی: مردم غزه مقصر نیستند و نباید مجازت شوند”, in aa.com.tr, Anadolu Agency:
- متاسفانه مادرم فقط یک شهروند اسرائیلی است، گروگانهایی که در روزهای اول آزاد شدند، شهروندان آمریکایی بودند.
- mota'assefâne mâdar-am faqat yek šahrvand-e esrâ'ili ast, gerowgân-hâ-yi ke dar ruz-hâ-ye avval âzâd šodand, šahrvandân-e âmrikâyi budand.
- Unfortunately, my mother is only an Israeli citizen. The hostages who were freed in the first days were American citizens.
- (dated, original sense) pledge, pawn, gage
Derived terms
- گروگان گرفتن (gerowgân gereftan)
- گروگانگیر (gerowgân-gir)
- گروگانگیری (gerowgân-giri)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “گروگان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “گروگان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- “گروگان”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025