ફરમાન

Gujarati

ફરમાન (pharmān, “royal mandate”)

Alternative forms

• ફુરમાન (phurmān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرْمَان (farmān). First attested as Old Gujarati फुरमाण (phuramāṇa). Doublet of પ્રમાણ (pramāṇ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰəɾ.mɑn/
• Hyphenation: ફર‧માન
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

ફરમાન • (pharmān) n

1. order, command

   Synonym: હુકમ (hukam)

2. (historical) decree, mandate

Further reading

More information

• “ફરમાન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “ફરમાન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Belsare, Malhar (1981) “ફરમાન”, in ગુજરાતી-અંગ્રેજી ડિકશનરી [Etymological Gujarati-English Dictionary]‎^[1], Asian Educational Services, page 810
• “ફરમાન”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 2, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1234
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ફરમાન”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[2], Atmaram Sagun, page 550
• નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “ફરમાન”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎^[3] (in Gujarati), volume 3, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 67, column 2