رهنامه

رهنامه

Persian

Alternative forms

• راهنامه‎ (râhnâme)
• راهنامج‎ (râhnâmaj) (archaic)
• رهنامج‎ (rahnâmaj) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian rāhnāmag, from lʾs (rāh, “way”) + MGLTA, nʾmk' (nāmag, “book”). Whence also Arabic رَاهْنَامَج‎ (rāhnāmaj), رَهْنَامَج‎ (rahnāmaj), a Middle Persian borrowing.

Noun

رهنامه • (rahnâme)

1. periplus
   • 1141-1209, Nizami Ganjavi

     ‏ز خاقان بپرسید کاین شهر کیست
     به رهنامه در نام این شهر چیست‎

     ze Xâqân beporsid kin šahr kist
     be rahnâme dar, nâm-e in šahr čist

     [He] asked from Khaqan, what is this city?
     What is the name of this city in periplus?

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “رهنامه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press