چوگان

See also: چوكان

Persian

Alternative forms

  • چولگان (čowlagân), چویگان (čuygân)

Etymology

From Middle Persian cwpkʾn' (čōbagān, *čaw(la)gān), cwgʾn' (čōgān).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.ɡɔ́ːn]
 

Readings
Classical reading? čawgān
Dari reading? čawgān
Iranian reading? čowgân
Tajik reading? čavgon

Noun

چوگان • (čowgân)

  1. (archaic) crosier
  2. polo-stick
    • 977-1010, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      ز چوگان او گوی شد ناپدید
      تو گفتی سپهرش همی‌برکشید
      zi čawgān-i ō gōy šud nāpadīd
      tu guftī sipihraš hamē-bar-kašīd
      From [the kick of] his polo-stick, the ball disappeared
      It looked such that it was surpassing the heavens
  3. polo

Synonyms

  • گوی و چوگان (gôy-o-čowgân)

Derived terms

  • چوگان‌باز (čowgân-bâz)
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