دامگاه

دامگاه

Persian

Etymology

دام‎ (dâm) +‎ ـگاه‎ (-gâh).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dɑːmɡɑːh/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dɒːmɡɒːh/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /dɔmɡɔh/

Noun

دامگاه • (dâmgâh)

1. place full of snares and nets; (poetic, figuratively) the world; the treacherous world
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

     ‏تو را ز کنگرهٔ عرش می‌زنند صفیر
     ندانمت که در این دامگه چه افتادست‎

     to râ ze kongere-ye ‘erš mi-zanand safir
     na-dânam-at ke dar in dâmgah če oftâd ast

     For you, they whistle from the heights of the Empyrean;
     I do not know what has befallen you in this world of snares.

Derived terms

• (poetic, for metrical purposes) دامگه‎ (dâmgah)