گوناگون

Persian

FWOTD – 12 August 2021

Etymology

From ‎ (gun, “color, type”) +‎ ‎ (-â-) +‎ ‎ (gun).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ˈɡuːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ɡúːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɑː.ɡúːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuː.nɔː.ɡúːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː.nɒː.ɡúːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.nɔ.ɡún]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gūnāgūn
Dari reading^?	gūnāgūn
Iranian reading^?	gunâgun
Tajik reading^?	gunogun

Adjective


Iranian Persian	گوناگون
Dari	گوناگون
Tajik	гуногун

گوناگون • (gunâgun)

different, various, diverse, sundry
Synonym: مُختَلِف‎ (moxtalef)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 2392:
  ‏برف گوناگون جمود هر جماد / در شتای بعد آن خورشید داد‎
  barf-e gunâgun jomud-e har jamâd / dar šetâ-ye bo'd-e ân xoršid-e dâd
  The various snows are [symbolise] the congelation of every inanimate thing in the winter of farness from that Sun of justice.

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