Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasdaran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: pas-daran
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Revolutionary Guard (member of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution)

Etymology

From Persian پاسداران, plural of پاسدار (“guard, sentinel, watchman”), from داشتن پاس 'to keep a watch', from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- and *dʰer-.

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: پاسداران, -, *peh₂-

Inflected Forms

pasdarans (plural)

Questions

What does pasdaran mean?: A Revolutionary Guard (member of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution)
Where does pasdaran come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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