ارزه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian ’lz’ (Arzah), from Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬉𐬰𐬀𐬵𐬍 (Arəzahī, “east”).

The term initially was identified with the Indus region, with the expansion of knowledge during the Middle Iranian era, it came to be applied to most of South Asia.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɾ.zah]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zäʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.zæʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.zäʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	arzah
Dari reading^?	arzah
Iranian reading^?	arzah
Tajik reading^?	arzah

Noun

ارزه • (arze)

Arzah, the eastern division of the seven realms
east
the first clime

Related terms

هفت کشور (haft-kešvar, “the seven realms”)

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