درون
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /drōn/, “bow”), from Proto-Iranian *dráwnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dráwnam.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /daˈɾuːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /daˈɾuːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /dæˈɾuːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /daˈɾun/
Noun
درون • (darun)
- interior, inside, inner, inward, bowels, core, heart
Preposition
درون • (darun) (chiefly with با (bâ), but also other prepositions or none)
- in, inside
- amongst, within, between
- into, directionally inside
Adverb
درون • (darun)
- inside, from the inner
Related terms
- درونه (darune)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /drōn/, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”), also attested in Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢ (drōn, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”) and a derivative ܕܪܘܢܝܐ (drōnāyyā, “a kind of attendant serving sacred bread”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /duˈɾuːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /dʊˈɾuːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /doˈɾuːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /duˈɾun/
Noun
درون • (dorun)
- a kind of corn measure
- a certain ritual by the Zoroastrians
References
- “drwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “drwnyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 156
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “درون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 515
- Vullers, Johann August (1855), “درون”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 837
- Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, pages 376–377
- Wolff, Fritz (1991), “Verbesserungen und Zusätze zum Schahname-Glossar”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 141, page 99