پادگان

Persian

Etymology

(pâd, “guardian, defender”) +‎ (-gân). Coined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in 1939, replacing the Turkic loan (sâxlow).

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒː.d̪e.ɡɒ́ːn], [pʰɒːd̪.ɡɒ́ːn]

Readings


Iranian reading^?	pâdegân, pâdgân

Noun


Dari	فرقه
Iranian Persian	پادگان
Tajik	гарнизон

پادگان • (pâdegân or pâdgân) (plural پادگان‌ها (pâdegân-hâ))

(military) garrison

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پادگان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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