پگاه

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pagāh
Dari reading? pagāh
Iranian reading? pagâh, pegâh
Tajik reading? pagoh

Noun

پگاه • (pagāh / pagâh, pegâh) (Tajik spelling пагоҳ)

  1. dawn
  2. morning
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 673:
      بر نشستی اشترم را از پگاه
      جو رها کردم کم از اخراج کاه
      bar nišastī ušturam-rā az pagāh
      jaw rahā kardam kam az axrāj-i kāh
      You have ridden on my camel since early morning:
      I (will) let the barley go, (but I will not take) less than the cost of (some) straw.”
  3. (Tajik) tomorrow

Proper noun

پگاه • (pagāh / pagâh or  / pegâh) (Tajik spelling Пагоҳ)

  1. a female given name, Pagah or Pegah

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