گیاخن

گیاخن

Persian

Alternative forms

• گَیاخَن (gayâxan)
• کَیاخَن‎ (kayâxan)

Etymology

From attested Middle Persian [script needed] (wiyāxan), from Proto-Iranian *wiyāxana, thus probably related to Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬑𐬥𐬀‎ (viiāxna), 𐬬𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬑𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (viiāxana) 'eloquent, orator'.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡujɑːxan~ɡijɑːxan/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɡʊjɒːxan~ɡijɒːxan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡojɒːxæn~ɡijɒːxæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɡujɔːxan~ɡijɔːxan/

Adjective

گیاخن • (goyâxan) (comparative گیاخن‌تَر‎ (goyâxan-tar), superlative گیاخن‌تَرین‎ (goyâxan-tarin))

1. (archaic, obsolete) eloquent and articulate, grandiloquent
2. (archaic) unhurried and leisurely, gentle

   9-10th Century CE, Rūdaki:

   ‏درنگ آر ای سپهر چرخ وارا / گیاخن‌تَرْت باید کرد کارا‎

   derang âr ey sepehr-e čarx vârâ / goyâxan-tart bâyad kard kârâ

   O Firmament, slower! / Thou shalt act gentler!

References

• Yusef Saadat, About The Word ‘guyāxan’ in Rūdakī’s Poem, Tehran, 2013.
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “گیاخن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press