اژدها

اژدها (əjdəha) (definite accusative اژدهانی (əjdəhanı), plural اژدهالار (əjdəhalar))

1. Arabic spelling of əjdaha (“dragon”)

• اژدرها (ejderha), اژدر (ejder)

From Persian اژدها (aždahâ).

اژدها • (ejdeha)

1. dragon

• Turkish: ejderha
• → Bulgarian: ажде́р (aždér)
• → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ажда̀ха, ажда̀ја

  Latin script: aždàha, aždàja

• اژدهاک (aždahâk), اژدرها (ežderhâ, aždarhâ), اژدر (aždar)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /⁠az(i)dahāg⁠/) / 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾzdhʾg /⁠azdahāg⁠/) (Manichaean), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka, “Azhi Dahaka”), name of a mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism, from 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake; dragon”), from Proto-Iranian *Háǰiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”). Compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /⁠aždahāg⁠/) and Old Armenian Աժդահակ (Aždahak).

اژدها • (aždahâ, eždehâ) (plural اژدهایان (aždahâyân, eždehâyân) or اژادر (ažâdor))

1. dragon

• → Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha)
• → Azerbaijani: əjdəha, əjdaha
• → Bashkir: аждаһа (ajdaha)
• → Bengali: আজদাহা (ajdaha)
• → Gilaki: اجدیها (ajdīhā)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: अज़दहा (azdahā)
  • Hindi: अझ़दहा (aźadhā)
  • Urdu: اژدہا (aždahā)
• → Kazakh: айдаһар (aidahar), аждаһа (ajdaha)
• → Kyrgyz: ажыдаар (ajıdaar)
• → Mazanderani: ایژدیها (īždīhā)
• → Northern Kurdish: ejdeha / ئەژدەھا (ejdeha)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اژدها (ejdeha), اژدرها (ejderha), اژدر (ejder)
  • Turkish: ejderha
  • → Bulgarian: ажде́р (aždér)
  • → Macedonian: аждер (ažder), аждаја (aždaja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ажда̀ха, ажда̀ја

    Latin script: aždàha, aždàja

• → Tajik: аждаҳо (aždaho)
• → Tatar: аждаһа (ajdaha)
• → Uzbek: ajdar, ajdarho

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اژدها”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اژدها”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul