گیتی

Persian

Alternative forms

• گیتا (gitâ)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gytyḵ (gētīg, “the material world; worldly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.ˈtiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiː.t̪ʰíː], [ɡäj.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiː.t̪ʰíː], [ɡäj.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡiː.t̪ʰíː], [ɡäj.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.t̪ʰí], [ɡäj.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiː.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡe.t̪ʰí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	gētī
Dari reading?	gītī, gaytī
Iranian reading?	giti
Tajik reading?	geti

Noun

گیتی • (gētī / giti) (Tajik spelling гетӣ)

1. The Universe

   Synonym: جهان (jahân)

   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “The noble spirits of Hallaj, Ghalib, and Qurrat al-Ain Tahira”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:

     پیش خود دیدم سہ روح پاکباز
     آتش اندر سینہ شان گیتی گداز

     pēš-i xwad dīdam sih rūh-i pākbāz
     ātaš andar sīna-šan gētī gudāz

     I saw before me three pure spirits
     the fire in whose breasts might melt the world.

     (Indo-Persian script)

Proper noun

گیتی • (gētī / giti) (Tajik spelling Гетӣ)

1. a female given name, Giti, Geti, and Geeti, from Middle Persian

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gētīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press