گیتی

Persian

Alternative forms

گیتا (gitâ)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gytyḵ (gētīg, “the material world; worldly”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.ˈtiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiː.t̪ʰíː], [ɡäj.t̪ʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡiː.t̪ʰíː], [ɡäj.t̪ʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.t̪ʰí], [ɡäj.t̪ʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiː.t̪ʰíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡe.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gētī
Dari reading^?	gītī, gaytī
Iranian reading^?	giti
Tajik reading^?	geti

Noun

گیتی • (gētī / giti) (Tajik spelling гетӣ)

The Universe
Synonym: جهان (jahân)
- 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “The noble spirits of Hallaj, Ghalib, and Qurrat al-Ain Tahira”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:
  پیش خود دیدم سہ روح پاکباز
  آتش اندر سینہ شان گیتی گداز
  pēš-i xwad dīdam sih rūh-i pākbāz
  ātaš andar sīna-šan gētī gudāz
  I saw before me three pure spirits
  the fire in whose breasts might melt the world.
  (Indo-Persian script)

Proper noun

گیتی • (gētī / giti) (Tajik spelling Гетӣ)

a female given name, Giti or Guity, from Middle Persian

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gētīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press