رایگان

رایگان

Persian

Etymology

راه‎ (râh, “way”) +‎ ـگان‎ (gân)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːj(i)ɡɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːj(ɪ)ɡɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɒːj(e)ɡɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɔj(i)ɡɔn/

Adjective

Dari	رایگان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ройгон (roygon)

رایگان • (râyegân)

1. obtainable without payment, free

   Synonyms: مجانی‎ (majjâni), مفت‎ (moft)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1679:

     ‏جان ازو آمد نیامد او ز جان / صدهزاران جان دهد او رایگان‎

     jân az u âmad nay-âmad u ze jân / sad-hazârân jân dehad u râygân.

     The soul came from Him, not He from the soul: He bestows a hundred thousand souls free of cost.