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): /aɾˈɣand/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /aɾˈɣand/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æɾˈɢænd/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /aɾˈɣand/
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!
- Synonyms: شَرزه (šarze), غَضَبناک (ğazabnâk), قَهرآلود (qahrâlud)
- 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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