بیرونی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.ˈniː], [beː.ɾoː.ˈniː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.ɾuː.níː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.ɾu.ní]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.ɹuː.níː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɾu.ní]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bērūnī, bērōnī
Dari reading^?	bērūnī
Iranian reading^?	biruni
Tajik reading^?	berunī

Adjective

بیرونی • (biruni)

outer, external
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3698:
  نار بیرونی به آبی بفسرد
  نار شهوت تا به دوزخ می‌‌برد
  nār-i bērūnī ba ābī bifsurad
  nār-i šahwat tā ba dōzax mē-burad
  The external fire may be quenched by some water,
  (but) the fire of lust is bringing to Hell.

Related terms

بیرون (birun)

Proper noun

بیرونی • (biruni)

a surname from Middle Persian, most famously held by Al-Biruni

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