ارزان
See also: ارزاں
Baluchi
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlcʾn /arzān/), 𐫀𐫡𐫉𐫀𐫗 (ʾrzʾn /arzān/, “valuable, worthy”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlc /arz/, “worth, value”) + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-ʾn /-ān/). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫗 (ʾrjʾn /aržān/, “worthy”), Talysh ارژون (erjon), Northern Kurdish erzan and the following Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian արժան (aržan, “worthy; cheap”), Classical Syriac ܐܪܙܢ (ʾarzān, “cheap”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /aɾˈzɑːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /aɾˈzɑːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æɾˈzɒːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /aɾˈzɔn/
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Adjective
Dari | ارزان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | арзон (arzon) |
ارزان • (arzân), comparative ارزانتَر (arzân-tar), superlative ارزانتَرین (arzân-tarin)
- cheap, inexpensive
- c. 1260, Rumi, “3:1001”, in The Masnavi:
- خویشتن را آدمی ارزان فروخت، بود اطلس خویش بر دلقی بدوخت
- xištan-râ âdami arzân foruxt, bud atlas xiš bar dâlqi beduxt
- man sold himself for cheap; he was satin, but sewed himself to a dervish's rags.
- Antonym: گران (gerân, “expensive”)
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Derived terms
- ارزانی (arzâni)
- ارزانفروش (arzân-foruš)
- حاجیارزونی (hâji-'arzuni)
Descendants
Further reading
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 52, 53
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “arzān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 296
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