خرگاه

Persian

Alternative forms

Noun

خرگاه • (xargâh)

  1. tent, pavilion, tabernacle
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:
      ‏روز شه در جستجو بی‌گاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد‎
      ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod
      The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].
  2. wide, spacious place of residence

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: xərgah, xərgəh
  • → Georgian: ხარგა (xarga)
  • → Middle Armenian: խարգահ (xargah)
  • →? Ottoman Turkish: چرگه‎ (çerge), خرگاه‎ (harga)

References
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