An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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calendar
  ۱) گاهشمار، گاهشماری، گاهمار؛ ۲) سالنامه  
1) gâhšomâr (#), gâhšomâri (#), gâhmâr; 2) sâlnâmé (#)
Fr.: calendrier  
  1. Any of various systems for measuring and recording the passage of time by dividing the year into days, weeks, and months.
  2. A table showing the months, weeks, and days in at least one specific year.
    chronology.

Etymology (EN): M.E. calender, from O.Fr. calendier, from L. calendarium “account book,” from kalendae “calends” the first day of the Roman month,
from calare “to announce solemnly, call out,” as the priests did in proclaiming the new moon that marked the calends, from PIE base *kele- “to call, shout” (cf. Skt. usakala “cock,” lit. “dawn-calling;” Gk. kaleo “to call,” kelados “noise,” kledon “report, fame;” O.H.G. halan, O.N. kalla “to call;” O.E. hlowan “to low;” Lith. kalba “language”).

Etymology (PE): Gâhšomâr, gâhšomâri, gâhmâr from gâh “time,” Mid.Pers. gâh, gâs,

  • šomâr, mâr “reckoning,” → calculate.
    Sâlnâmé, from sâl, → year, + nâmé “a writing, letter, book.”