دانشگاه

Persian

Etymology

From (dāniš / dâneš, “knowledge”) +‎ (-gāh / gâh, “place”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daː.niʃ.ˈɡaːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.ɡɑːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪʃ.ɡɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.niʃ.ɡɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.neʃ.ɡɒːʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.niʃ.ɡɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dānišgāh
Dari reading^?	dānišgāh
Iranian reading^?	dânešgâh
Tajik reading^?	donišgoh

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

دانشگاه • (dānišgāh / dânešgâh) (plural دانشگاه‌ها (dānišgāh-hā / dânešgâh-hâ), Tajik spelling донишгоҳ)

university
Synonyms: (Dari, sometimes) پوهنتون (pōhantūn), (Iran, archaic) اونیورسیته (universite)

― dânešgâh-e tehrân ― the University of Tehran

Related terms

دانشجو (dānišjō / dânešju)

Descendants

Urdu: دانِش گاہ (dāniś gāh)
Azerbaijani: danişgah