بیجاده

بیجاده

Persian

Etymology

بی‎ (bi, “without”) +‎ جاده‎ (jâde, “road, (here: streak)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /biːd͡ʒɑːdi/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /biːd͡ʒɒːdɪ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /biːd͡ʒɒːde/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /bid͡ʒɔːdi/

Noun

بیجاده • (bijâde)

1. garnet or ruby

   Synonym: نارسَنگ‎ (nârsang)

   • 982, Hudūd al-'Ālam

     ‏و اندر بدخشان معدن سیم است و زر و بیجاده و لاجورد.‎‎

     wa andar Badaxšān ma'dan-i sēm ast u zar u bījāde u lājaward.

     and in Badakhshan there are mines of silver, gold, garnet (or maybe ruby), and lapis lazuli.

2. (archaic, literary) amber

   Synonym: کَهربا‎ (kahrobâ)

   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     ‏شد آن تخت شاهی و آن دستگاه / زمانه ربودش چو بیجاده کاه‎

     šod ân taxt-e šâhi-yyo ân dastgâh / zamâne robudaš čo bijâde kâh.

     the fate snatched his throne and court, just like how the amber attracts straw.

Related terms

• یاقوت‎ (yaqut)
• لَعل‎ (la'l)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بیجاده”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press