دانشمند

دانشمند

Persian

Etymology

دانش‎ (dâneš, “knowledge”) +‎ ـمند‎ (-mand).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /dɔniʃmand/

Noun

دانشمند • (dânešmand) (plural دانشمندان‎ (dânešmandân) or دانشمندها‎ (dânešmand-hâ))

1. scholar
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 160:

     ‏زاد دانشمند آثار قلم / زاد صوفی چیست آثار قدم‎

     zâd-e dânešmand âsâr-e qalam / zâd-e sufi či-st âsâr-e qadam

     The scholar's provision is [consists of] pen-marks [written letters and words]. What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks.

2. (Iran) scientist