جامه گلگون

Persian

Etymology

Literally, “the rose-colored dress”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ˈma.ji ɡul.ˈɡuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ.jɪ ɡʊl.ɡúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ.jɪ ɡʊl.ɡúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ.jɪ ɡʊl.ɡúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.mǽ.ji ɡul.ɡún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ˈme.je ɡ̥ol.ɡúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.mǽ.ji ɡul.ɡún]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāma-yi gulgūn
Dari reading?	jāma-yi gulgūn
Iranian reading?	jâme-ye golgun
Tajik reading?	joma-yi gulgun

Noun

جامه گلگون • (jâme-ye golgun)

1. (poetic) A metonymy for the beloved. [after 1400s]
   • c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “Ghazal 173”, in دیوان وحشی‎^[1]:

     از دل برآید شعله‌ای کاتش به عالم در زند
     هر گه که در خاطر مرا آن جامه گلگون بگذرد

     az dil bar-āyad ša'la'ē k-ātaš ba ālam dar zanad
     har gah ki dar xātir ma-rā ān jāma-yi gulgūn bugzarad

     A spark rises from my heart which sets fire to the world
     Whenever that rose-colored dress passes by me in my reveries.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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