هامون

Alternative forms

• هامن‎ (hâmon) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian hʾmwn' (hāmōn, “level, flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɒːˈmuːn/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [hɒːˈmu(ː)n]

Noun

هامون • (hâmun)

1. plain, level ground
2. earth (as opposed to sky and sea)

Proper noun

هامون • (Hâmun)

1. A male given name, Hamoon, Hamoun
2. Hamoon Lake, Iran

References

• “هامون” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hāmōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press