फर्मान

See also: फ़रमान and फ़रमाना

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرمان (farmān), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pramaHnam. Doublet of प्रमाण (pramāṇ) and प्रमाणे (pramāṇe). Compare Bengali ফরমান (phoroman), Gujarati ફરમાન (pharmān), Hindi फ़रमान (farmān), Kannada ಫರ್ಮಾನು (pharmānu), Punjabi ਫ਼ਰਮਾਨ (farmān) / فَرمان (farmān).

Noun

फर्मान • (pharmān) n

1. royal decree, order
2. (historical) a firman; a decree directly from the Mughal emperor

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फर्मान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फरमान,_फरमाना”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फरमान-ना,_फर्मान-ना”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).