ارغند
Persian
FWOTD – 19 July 2021
Alternative forms
- ارغنده (arğande)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlgnd /arγand/), from Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀𐬧𐬙 (ərəγaṇt, “tumultuous, uproarious, raging”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaɾ.ˈɣanð]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.ɣǽn̪d̪̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæɹ.ɢǽn̪d̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.ʁǽn̪d̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | arğand |
| Dari reading? | arğand |
| Iranian reading? | arğand |
| Tajik reading? | arġand |
Adjective
ارغند • (arğand)
- (archaic) ferocious, raging, formidable
- 1922, Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār, Damavandiyeh
- بگرای چو اژدهای گرزه
بخروش چو شرزهشیر ارغند- begrây čo aždahâye garze
bexruš čo šarze-šire arğand - [O Damavand!] Spring and attack like a viper!
Rage like a ferocious lion!
- begrây čo aždahâye garze
- 1922, Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār, Damavandiyeh
Related terms
- آلُغده (âloğde)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ارغند”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “ارغند”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
- PAHLAVICA - "’lgnd"
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